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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. "
History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC ... - Page 674
by Archibald Alison - 1843
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Memoirs of British Generals Distinguished During the Peninsular War, Volume 1

John William Cole - Generals - 1856 - 400 pages
...to unbuckle the belt to take it off ; but he stopped him, and said with true soldierlike feelings, " It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me." He was conveyed to his quarters in Corunna, where he lingered for several...
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Lives of the Illustrious, Volumes 1-2

1856 - 754 pages
...against him — " the sword he had never disgraced " — the General said faintly, '* No, Harding ; it is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." The men shed tears as they tore their dying commander, for in him the soldier...
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History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution ..., Volume 8

Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1860 - 750 pages
...was driven into the -wound — an officer destined to celebrity in future times, CAPTAIN HARDINGE, attempted to take it off, but the dying hero exclaimed,...those around him expressed a hope of his recovery. " No,7' said he, " I feel that is impossible." When approaching the ramparts, he several times desired...
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The graduated series of reading-lesson books, Book 5

Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...Captain Hardinge, a staff-officer, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying : " 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...
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Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2

Sir Edward Cust - Europe - 1862 - 332 pages
...Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle it, but, with martial pride, the veteran General forbade him, saying, " It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Major Colborne (afterwards Lord Seton), the chief of his staff, then came...
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The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature ..., Volume 3

William Anderson - Heraldry - 1863 - 800 pages
...unbuckling it from his waist, when he said, in his usual tone, and with the true spirit of a soldier, " It is as well as it is; I had rather it should go out of the field with me." When the surgeons arrived, he said to them, " You can be of no service to...
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Report on the examination for admission to the Royal military academy at ...

Woolwich roy. military acad - 1864 - 588 pages
...Hardinge, a staff officer who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying : " 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 a soldier, Moore waa borne from the fight....
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Laurie's Graduated series of reading lesson books, Book 6

James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...Captain Hardinge, a staff-officer, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying : " 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...
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The Progressive English reading books, Volume 4

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off; but the dying man stopped him, saying, " 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...
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The Advanced Reader

Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off; but .the dying man stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of t/wfold with me/'— and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the...
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