 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1871 - 394 Seiten
...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 —... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 Seiten
...strength failed fast, and life was nearly extinct, when, with an almost unsubdued spirit, he exclaimed, "/ hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! " A few minutes afterwards he died ; and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was 'interred by the... | |
 | James Grant - 1873 - 598 Seiten
...; and on being assured that they were so, and retiring fast, he added, with touching earnestness, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my dear country will do me justice. Oh, Anderson, you will see my friends at home ! Tell them everything... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Edward Mullins - 1874 - 80 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 f In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal - 1875 - 182 Seiten
...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 :... | |
 | 1876 - 952 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Last words - 1876 - 140 Seiten
...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."... | |
 | Henry O'Shea - 1876 - 746 Seiten
...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,... | |
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I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice! 
