 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 - 602 pagine
...expressed how great a satisfaction it was to him to know that they were defeated. " I hope," he said, "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... | |
 | 1810 - 1214 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 732 pagine
...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'... | |
 | 1811 - 724 pagine
...' 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. —... | |
 | 1812 - 724 pagine
...expressed how great a satitfaction it was to him to know that they were defeated. " I hope," he said, " 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 pagine
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pagine
...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! 
