| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 Seiten
...every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French."—" I hope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother, and the names of some other friends for whose welfare... | |
| Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 Seiten
...expressed how great a satisfaction it was to him to know that they were defeated. " I hope," he said, " the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice." Then addressing colonel Anderson who had been his friend and companion in arms for 21 years, he said... | |
| John Philippart - 1820 - 592 Seiten
...He then asked, 'Are the French beaten?' which he repeated to every one he knew, as they came in. ' 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... | |
| David Stewart - 1822 - 552 Seiten
...then asked, were the French beaten ?—and which he repeated to every one he knew as they came in. " 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 ' —Here... | |
| Robert Southey - 1823 - 844 Seiten
...expressed how great a satisfaction it was to him to know that they were defeated. " I hope," he said, " the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice." Then, addressing Colonel Anderson, who had been his friend and companion in arms for one-and-twenty... | |
| 1823 - 496 Seiten
...expressed how great a satisfaction it was to him to know that they were defeated. 'I hope,' he said, ' the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice.' Then, addressing Colonel Anderson, who had been his friend and companion in arms for oneand twenty... | |
| 1827 - 554 Seiten
...every point, he said, " it is a great satisfaction to me to know that we have beaten the French."' " 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied, — I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother, and the names of some other friends for whose welfare... | |
| William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1828 - 698 Seiten
...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 T The battle was scarcely ended, when his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by the... | |
| William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1828 - 674 Seiten
...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 officers... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - 1829 - 394 Seiten
...waning, and little more than a glimmering Io09. January of ^e remained, he said to Colonel Anderson, " / hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice." After a while, he pressed the hand of Colonel Anderson to his body ; and in a few minutes died without... | |
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