 Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off; but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me;" — and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 40edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - France - 1828 - 678 pages
...the shoulder was shattered to pieces, the arm was hanging by a piece of skin, the ribs over the heart broken, and bared of flesh, and the muscles of the...and the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - France - 1828 - 698 pages
...the shoulder was shattered to pieces, the arm was hanging by a piece of skin, the ribs over the heart broken, and bared of flesh, and the muscles of the...and the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It... | |
 | Great Britain - 1828 - 798 pages
...the shoulder was shattered to pieces, the arm was hanging by a piece of skin, the ribs over the heart broken, and bared of flesh, and the muscles of the...and the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff-officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, •... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...muscles of the breast torn into long strips, which were interlaced by their recoil from the strain and dragging of the shot. As the soldiers placed him in...and the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off; but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It... | |
 | Great Britain - 1836 - 480 pages
...perceptible ; the shoulder was shattered to pieces, the arm. hung by a piece of skin, the ribs over the heart broken and bared of flesh, and the muscles of the...entangled, and the hilt entered the wound; Captain Hardinge attempted to extricate it, but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is. I had -ather... | |
 | 1853 - 704 pages
...remarkable difference exists between persons as to their capability of bearing pain ; generally those of high sensitiveness and intellectuality — whose nerves,...take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, ' It is as well as it is : I had rather it should go out of the field with me :' and in that manner,... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 866 pages
...rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying...entangled, and the hilt entered the wound ; captain Uardinge, a staff officier, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him,... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...piece of skin, and the muscles of the breast torn into long strips. As the soldiers placed him in the blanket, his sword got entangled, and the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff-officer who was near (now Sir Henrj Hardinge,) attempted to unbuckle it, but the dying man... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - France - 1841 - 668 pages
...he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his stedfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying...and the hilt entered the wound; Captain Hardinge, a staff-officer, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, ' It is as well as... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1842 - 542 pages
...rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying...entangled, and the hilt entered the wound ; Captain Hurdinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying,... | |
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