 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pages
...On being assured of this fact by severnf nflicers, who arrived in succession, he exclaimed: " 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice I" Then addressing himself to one of his aid- de-camps, he continued : " Von «ill see my friends a»... | |
 | Author of Operations of the British army in Spain - 1809 - 96 pages
...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 was proceeding up the ship's side, when the boatman drew a poniard, and stabbed him aslant the ribs,... | |
 | 1810 - 600 pages
...that they were defeated. " I hope," he said, "the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope iny country will do me justice." Then, addressing Colonel...who had been his friend and companion in arms for one-and- twenty years, he said to him, " Anderson, you know that I have always wished to die this way.... | |
 | 1810 - 1214 pages
...asked, • Are the French beaten Г which he repeated to every one he knew as they 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 every thing — say to my mother... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1811 - 1102 pages
...know," said ho to his friend Colonel Anderson, " that I have always wished to die this way. I hope the people of England will be satisfied: I hope my country will do me justice." The remainder of his moments were consecrated to tender remembrances, and enquiries about the fate... | |
 | 1811 - 724 pages
...asked* ' Are the French beaten ?' which he repeated to every one he knew, as they 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 — every thing. —... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 732 pages
...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 every thing — say to my mother'... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 pages
...point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French." — " I hope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother, and the names of some other friends for whose welfare... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 pages
...in its height of hope. The general lived to hear that the battle was won. " Are the French beaten r" was the question which he repeated to every one who...who had been his friend and companion in arms for 21 years, he said to him, "Anderson, you know that I have always wished to die this way. You will see... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pages
...point, he said, " It is a great satisfaction for me to know we have beaten the French."—" I hope the people of England will be satisfied, I hope my country will do me justice." Having mentioned the name of his venerable mother, and the names of some other friends for whose welfare... | |
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I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice! 
