 | William James - 1859 - 548 pages
...eloquently expresses himself on the subject of General Abercromby's death: " Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of...his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1862 - 390 pages
...a most worthy monument of his fame : " Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who falls in the service of his country, I might be excused...tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so his end was glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of war, will be sacred to every British... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 pages
...weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in tht service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting...other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tendrrly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was hu death glorious. His memory will be recorded... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 pages
...action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of...his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier — and embalmed in the recollection... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1871 - 394 pages
...reporting the battle of Alexandria to the Secretary of State, he said, " Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of...his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection... | |
 | William Anderson - 1867 - 798 pages
...action was over, when he fainted throngh weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his conntry, I might be excnsed for lamenting him more than any other person ; bnt it is some consolation... | |
 | William Marshall - 1880 - 470 pages
...action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of...lamenting him more than any other person ; but it U some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that, as his life was honourable, so his death... | |
 | English history - 1881 - 888 pages
...lamented.* The eulogy of his successor in command thus concludes : " Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might l>e excused for lamenting him more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who... | |
 | Lloyd Charles Sanders - 1887 - 1098 pages
...the feelings of the army in the order of the day in which he said, " Were it permitted to J soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might bo excused for lamenting him more than any other person : but it is some consolation to those who tenderly... | |
 | Sir John Moore - 1904 - 480 pages
...action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of...his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection... | |
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... which had ever marked his character, till long after the action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting... 
