...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 f In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by...

...knew as they entered the room. On being assured by all that the French were beaten, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied — I hope my country will do me justice. You will see my friends as soon as you possibly can ; tell them everything ; say to my mother," here...

...his old friend, Colonel Anderson, ' that I always wished to die thus. ... 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 :...

...Sir John Moore. AD 1809. " It is a great satisfaction to me to know that we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." Then, to an aide-de-camp standing by, the Hon. Capt. Stanhope, " Stanhope, remember me to your sister."...

...defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction to M to know we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame freeh and jrory ; We carved not a Une,...

...clear ; once only, when he spoke of hia mother, he became agitated.' His last words were, 'I hop« the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will to-day do me justice.1 ' The battle was scarcely ended when his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak,...

...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 willf do me justice !' In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak,...

...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 ' " (NAPIER). During the night the body was removed by the officers of the staff to Colonel (afterwards...

...satisfaction to me to know we have beaten the French You know that I always wished to die this way. .... I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice ! " He was buried hastily "in the dead of night" in the ramparts of Corunna. His resolute courage saved...

...knew as they entered the room. On being assured by all that the French were beaten, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied — I hope my country will do me justice. You will see my friends as soon as you possibly can ; tell them everything ; say to my mother," here...