| Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...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 ! " In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred... | |
| Sir Edward Cust - Military history, Modern - 1862 - 336 pages
...enemy were beaten, and on hearing the result said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know that we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England...be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice. You know I have always wished to die this way." In a few minutes afterwards he expired without a struggle.... | |
| Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1862 - 590 pages
...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!" In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by the... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...?" On being assured of this fact by several officers who arrived in succession, he exclaimed — " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice I" Then, addressing himself to one of his aides-de-camp, he continued — "You will see my friends... | |
| William Anderson - Heraldry - 1863 - 800 pages
...way." He frequently asked, " Are the French beaten?" And when told that they were, he exclaimed, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice." He spoke affectionately of his mother and his relatives, inquired after the safety of his aides-de-camp,... | |
| William Pembroke Fetridge - Europe - 1883 - 818 pages
...the land of oblivion, where the Gaudalette flows."— The Bible in Spain. Moore's last words were, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice." Fourteen miles from Coruna are the iilphurous Batía ofCarballo, beneficial in cases of disease of... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...rebel foe. Sir John Moore, dying in the arms of victory at the close of a successful retreat, said, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied: I hope my country will do me justice." His country, in time, did justice to that great man. Sooner or later, the world comes round to seo... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - United States - 1865 - 416 pages
...rebel foe. Sir John Moore, dying in the arms of victory at the close of a successful retreat, said, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied : I hope my country will do me justice." His country, in time, did justice to that great man. Sooner or later, the world comes round to see... | |
| Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...unsubdued spirit, as if anticipating the baseness of his posthumous calumniators, he exclaimed, " 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice!" In a few minutes afterwards be died ; and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...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 ivill do me justice /" In a few minutes afterwards he died ; and his corpse, wrapped in a military... | |
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