 | Robert Southey - 1828 - 556 Seiten
...began to unbuckle it; but the General said, in his usual tone and manner, and in a distinct voice, " It is as well as it is; I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Six soldiers of the 42d and the guards bore him. Hardinge, observing his composure, began to hope that... | |
 | 1848 - 692 Seiten
...to Hardinge, who attempted to remove his sword, that the dying hero addressed the energetic words, " It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me;" to the same gentleman, and to Col. Anderson, Sir John Moore expressed his satisfaction at falling as... | |
 | 1811 - 1008 Seiten
...the 2d, 3d, ant)4tbof Jamury. .,. . Ujijrf buckle it : " It is as well as it is," said he, " cahny : I had rather it should go out of the field -with me." He was so sensible of his approaching dissolution, that he said to the surgeons who offered their assistance,... | |
 | 1841 - 986 Seiten
...a staff-officer who was near (now Sir Henrj Hardinge,) attempted to unbuckle it, 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 was borne from the fight. Captain Hardinge in vain... | |
 | T.] [Rodenhurst - 1840 - 142 Seiten
...wound, and caused him a sudden pang. Captain Hardinge would have taken off the sword, but the general stopped him, saying, "It is as well as it is : I had rather it should go out of the field with me I " With these words he was borne from the battle. It was a long way to the town, and the torture of... | |
 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 534 Seiten
...had struck upon his wound, causing him a sudden pang wished to remove it. " No, said the general ; it is as well as it is : I had rather it should go out of the field with me !" On his way, calling to mind that Sir David Baird was wounded, he told Captain Hardinge to report... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - 1841 - 668 Seiten
...hilt entered the wound; 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 fight." Sir David Baird having... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1842 - 542 Seiten
...wound ; Captain Hurdinge, 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 trie ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.* Meanwhile the... | |
 | Kentigern (st.) - 1843 - 454 Seiten
...unbuckling it from his waist, R2 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 me; go to the soldiers, to... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1843 - 1154 Seiten
...celebrity hi future times, CAPTAIN HAKDINGE, attempted to take it off, but the dying hero exclaimed, " It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go off the field with me." He was carried by the soldiers towards the town, but though the pain of the... | |
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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. 
