 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1875 - 182 pages
...his old friend, Colonel Anderson, ' that I always wished to die thus. ... I hope,' he exclaimed, ' the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! ' . . . These precious sentences were among the last he uttered : his sufferings were not long :... | |
 | Christian life - 1876 - 952 pages
...defeated in every point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction to M to know we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." " Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame freeh and jrory ; We carved not a Une,... | |
 | Last words - Last words - 1876 - 140 pages
...Sir John Moore. AD 1809. " It is a great satisfaction to me to know that we have beaten the French. I hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." Then, to an aide-de-camp standing by, the Hon. Capt. Stanhope, " Stanhope, remember me to your sister."... | |
 | English authors - 1876 - 504 pages
...forget to recommend those whose merit had given them claims to promotion. When life was just extinct, with an 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 willf do me justice !' In a few... | |
 | Henry O'Shea - Portugal - 1876 - 746 pages
...clear ; once only, when he spoke of hia mother, he became agitated.' His last words were, 'I hop« the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will to-day do me justice.1 ' The battle was scarcely ended when his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak,... | |
 | 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
...this way.' His 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... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...to all those he 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...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 - 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 : "... | |
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I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice! 
