| 1835 - 496 ページ
...couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above." — John xix. 11. 6. " I hope the people of England will be satisfied; I hope my country will do me justice." In all these five sentences it will be found that the sense can be brought out only by reading them... | |
| 1836 - 480 ページ
...an unsubdued spirit, as if anticipating the baseness of his posthumous calumniators, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice !" The battle was scarcely ended, when his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by the... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 258 ページ
...?" On being assured of this fact by several officers who arrived in succession, he exclaimed — " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice !" Then, addressing himself to one of his aides-de-camp, he continued — " You will see my friends... | |
| 1853 - 704 ページ
...strength failed fast, and life was just extinct, when, with an unsubdued spirit, he exclaimed, " 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied — I hope my country will do me justice!" And so he died. It is to be hoped that intense mental pre-occupation somewhat blunted the sufferings... | |
| 1811 - 1008 ページ
...— You know," said he to his friend Colonel Anderson, " that I have always wished to die this way. I hope the people of England will be satisfied; I hope my country will do me justice." The remainder of his moments were consecrated to tender remembrances, and enquiries about the fate... | |
| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 866 ページ
...unsubdued spirit, as if anticipating the baseness of his posthumous calumniators, he exclaimed, "/ hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice I" In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by... | |
| 1841 - 986 ページ
...fortitude he said at intervals; "Anderson, TOU know that I have always wished to die in this way ; I nope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice!" " Anderson, you will see my friends as soon as you can ; — Tell them every thing — say to my mother... | |
| sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 534 ページ
...He then asked, 'Are the French beaten ?' which he repeated to every one he knew as they came up. ' I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! Anderson, you will see my friends as soon as you can — tell them every thing — say to my mother,'... | |
| T.] [Rodenhurst - 1840 - 142 ページ
...agony of spirit which he had long endured was thus mournfully evidenced. " I hope," he exclaimed, " the people of England will be satisfied !—I hope my country will do me justice!" These precious sentences were among the last he uttered; his sufferings were not long; he expired with... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1841 - 668 ページ
...died shortly after he had been carried from the battle. The last words he was heard to say were, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice!" His corpse, wrapped in his military cloak, was hastily buried by the officers of his staff on the ramparts... | |
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