 | Rosamond Waite - 1878 - 344 pages
...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1878 - 420 pages
...strength was fast failing, and life was almost extinct, when, with an unsubdued spirit, he exclaimed, ' I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my countrv will do me justice ! ' The battle was scarcely ended, when his corpse, wrapped in a military... | |
 | James Grant - 1878 - 902 pages
...came in, successively, and the assurances that they were retiring fast soothed his dying moments. " I hope the people of England will be satisfied — I hope my dear country will do me justice !" said he, with touching earnestness ; " oh, Anderson, you will see... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 382 pages
...141). See also Dora, 1. 95. P. 19, 1. 21. Sir "William Napier tells us that Moore's last words were, "I hope the people of England will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice ! " It was some time before it did. See the quotation above. P. 19, 1. 27. Sir W. Napier writes : "... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...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... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...Dora, 1. 95. P. 19, 1. 21. Sir William Napier tells us that Moore's last words were, "I hope the pcople of England will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice ! " It was some time before it did. See the quotation above. P. 19, 1. 27. Sir W. Xapier writes : "... | |
 | James Moir - 1880 - 204 pages
...emotion. " You know," said he to his old friend, Colonel Anderson, " that I always wished to die thus. ... I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice." These were among the last words he uttered ; he expired with the hand of Colonel Anderson pressed firmly... | |
 | English dictation - 1881 - 156 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 ! " Thus ended the career of Sir John Moore, a man whose uncommon capacity was sustained by the purest... | |
 | Joseph Irving - Celebrities - 1881 - 660 pages
...shot, which carried away his left shoulder blade. When informed that the French were beaten, he said, " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope my country will do me justice. " A monument was erected over his grave by Marshal Soult ; and there are statues of Sir John Moore... | |
 | J. Fisher Crosthwaite - 1881 - 104 pages
...not leave me. 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 see my friends as soon as you can. Tell them everything; say to my * The following... | |
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I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice! 
