 | William Maginn - 1829 - 228 pages
...shattered arm, and might give pain ; but the hero, seeing their intention, said to the officers — " It is as well as it is — I had rather it should...out of the field with me." Six soldiers of the 42d now gently raised the blanket from the ground, and proceeded slowly towards the town. When they had... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - 1829 - 394 pages
...the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge attempted to take it off, but he stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is, I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Sir David Baird had previously been disabled by a severe wound ; and the command of the army now devolved... | |
 | England - 1830 - 1006 pages
...the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge attempted to take it off, but he stopped him, saying, ' It is as well as it is, I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' Sir David Baird had previously been disabled by a severe wound ; and the command of the army now devolved... | |
 | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 318 pages
...which induced Captain Hardinge to unbuckle it ; but the General said, in his usual tone and manner, " It is as well as it is : I had rather it should go...of the field with me. " Six soldiers of the 42d and guards now bore him away. Hardinge, observing his composure, began to hope that the wound might not... | |
 | 1831 - 786 pages
...sudden pang. Captain Hardinge would hare taken off the sword, but the general stopped him, saying, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me I' With these words he was home from the battle. It was a long way to the town, and the torture of... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 254 pages
...the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge attempted to take it off, but he stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is, I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Sir David Eaird had previously been disabled by a severe wound ; and the command of the army now devolved... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - Generals - 1832 - 422 pages
...unbuckle the belt. " No, Hardinge," said he, with the chivalrous feeling worthy of an earlier age, " it is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Captain Hardinge, of course desisted from his well-intentioned attempt ; and with the sword girdled... | |
 | 1832 - 240 pages
...shattered arm, and might give pain ; but the hero, seeing their intention, said to the officers — " It is well as it is — I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Six soldiers of the 42nd now gently raised the blanket from the ground, and proceeded slowly towards the town. When they... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - Generals - 1832 - 478 pages
...act of unbuckling it from his waist, when he said in his usual tone, and in a very distinct manner, ' It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me? " Here I feel that it would be improper for my pen to venture to express the admiration with which... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pages
...and Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt to take it off; when he said with soldierly feelings, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather ' it should go out of the field with me.' His serenity was so striking, that Hardinge began to hope the wound was not mortal ; he expressed this... | |
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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 from the fight. 
