 | Art - 1809 - 822 pages
...beaten?" On being assured of this fact by several officers, who arrived in succession, ho exclaimed : " I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice 1" Then addressing himself to one of his aid-de-camps, he continued : " Yon will see my friends as... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...in every 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
...great a satisfaction it was to him to know that they were defeated. " I hope," he said, " the peaple of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice." Never was any victory gained under heavier disadvantages. The French force at the lowest computation,... | |
 | James Mudie - Medals - 1820 - 204 pages
...defeated in every 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... | |
 | John Philippart - Great Britain - 1820 - 592 pages
...He then 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 cou¿ try will do me justice !—Anderson, you will see my friends, as soon as you can; tell tbem—every... | |
 | David Stewart - Clans - 1822 - 552 pages
...then asked, were the French beaten ?—and 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 ' —Here... | |
 | David Stewart - Clans - 1822 - 658 pages
...then asked, were the French beaten ? — and 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. Ariuerson, you will see my friends as soon as you can. Xell them every thing — Say to my mother'—... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1823 - 574 pages
...won. He repeatedly asked if the enemy were beaten, and when informed of their defeat, he replied, " 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied. I hope my country will do me justice." Then addressing Colonel Anderson, who had been his friend and companion in arms for one and twenty... | |
 | David Stewart (Major-General.) - Clans - 1825 - 662 pages
...then asked, were the French beaten ?—and which be 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 '—Here... | |
 | 1828 - 586 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!" The ' Thus ended the career of Sir John Moore, a man whose uncommon . capacity was sustained by the... | |
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