 | 1872 - 858 страници
...when his life was ebbing fast, those touching words, half sad, half sanguine in their earnestness, ' I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice.' Thus, on the t6th of January 1 809, died General Sir John Moore. Snatched away in the prime of life,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1868 - 352 страници
...then asked, " Are the French beaten ? " and which he repeated to everyone 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 everything. Say to my mother —... | |
 | Army - 1869 - 614 страници
...this way ! Anderson, are the French beaten ? " (This question he put to every one that came in). " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! Anderson, you will • Colonel Napier, Hist. of the War in the Peninsula. James C. Moore, Narrative... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1870 - 228 страници
...unmolested embarkation of the troops. His last words as he died in the moment of victory were, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice." An urn of granite marks the spot where — " We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1870 - 216 страници
...unmolested embarkation of the troops. His last words as he died in the moment of victory were, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice." An urn of granite marks the spot where — " We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sod with our... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1870 - 368 страници
...but extinct, when he exclaimed, in words which will for ever thrill in every British heart, — "I hope the people of England will be satisfied : I hope my country will do me justice." Released in H few minutes after from his sufferings, he was wrapped by his attendants in his military... | |
 | 1870 - 672 страници
...leave me.' At intervals he added ' Anderson, you know that I have always wished to die in this way. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice. You will see my friends as soon aa you can. Tell them everything. I have made my will, and have remembered... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1871 - 394 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 страници
...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... | |
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I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice! 
