 | William Edward Mullins - 1874 - 80 Seiten
...wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff-officer, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him : ' 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. When brought to his lodgings... | |
 | Last words - 1876 - 140 Seiten
...about to unbuckle his belt in order to remove the weapon; but 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 bore their dying commander from the field. He dismissed the surgeons who... | |
 | Peninsular veteran - 1878 - 264 Seiten
...wound. Captain 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.' In that manner Sir John was borne from the fight. During tnis time the army was rapidly gaining ground.... | |
 | Herbert R. Clinton - 1878 - 528 Seiten
...the wound, but he would not permit Captain (afterwards Viscount) Hardinge to withdraw it, saying, " I had rather it should go out of the field with me." The blanket was laid across several sashes, among them being the sash of Colonel (afterwards General)... | |
 | James Grant - 1878 - 902 Seiten
...Hardinge kindly and gently attempted to unbuckle it. "Never mind it, dear Hardinge," said the dying hero; "I had rather it should go out of the field with me." East flowed the blood, and the torture of the complicated wound was terrible ! His hands were become... | |
 | Henry Stewart (M.A.) - 1879 - 392 Seiten
...His sword got entangled, and the hilt entered the wound, but he would not suffer it to be removed. " I had rather it should go out of the field with me," said the dying commander, with a soldier's pride. He often stopped his bearers that he might look on... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1880 - 382 Seiten
...wound ; Captain Hardinge, a stufforBcer, 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 beooming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight." But the battle was already... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 Seiten
...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, he was borne from the fight. Notwithstanding this... | |
 | Louise Creighton - 1883 - 382 Seiten
...moved him his sword hilt got into the wound. An officer tried to take the sword off, but Moore said, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." In the meanwhile the English had been gaining ground. The French were in great confusion, and night... | |
 | John A. Fallon - 1883 - 96 Seiten
...siege of Gibraltar, every appliance which experience could suggest was brought into requisition. 2. — I had rather it should go out of the field with me. 3. — You know that I always wished to die this way. 4.— Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot,... | |
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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. 
