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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. "
The life of lieutenant-general sir John Moore - Page 224
by James Carrick Moore - 1834
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A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain: Commanded by His ...

James Carrick Moore - 1809 - 558 pages
...unbuckling it from his waist, when he said, " in his usual tone and manner, and in a very " distinct voice, 'It is as well as it is. I had " rather it should go out of the field with me.' " Here J feel that it would be improper (1 for my pen to venture to express the admi** ration with...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1

1810 - 600 pages
...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, caught at the hope...
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The Edinburgh annual register

1810 - 602 pages
...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, caught at the hope...
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Annual Register, Volume 51

Edmund Burke - 1811 - 1102 pages
...snow, on the 2d, id, and uli of J aniiary . buckle it : " It is as well as it is," said he, " caltny : 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,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 pages
...unbuckling it from his waist, when he said in his usual tone and manner, and in a very distinct voice, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' " The account of this disaster was brought to sir David Baird while the surgeons were dressing his...
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The Military [afterw.] Royal military panorama or Officer's companion, Volume 1

1812 - 724 pages
...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 Reid with me." Six soldier* of the '!.'<i and the guards bore him. Captain Hardinge, observing '•>'-...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 pages
...unbuckling it from his waist, when he said in his usual tone and manner, and in a very distinct voice, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go. out of the field with me.' " The account of this disaster was brought to sir David Baird while the surgeons were dressing his...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pages
...unbuckling it from his waist, when be said in his usual tone and manner, and in a very distinct voice, ' It is as well as it is; I had rather it should go out of the field with me.'" Baird while the surgeons were dressing his shattered arm. He ordered them instantly to desist, and...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 27

1830 - 990 pages
...the hilt entered the wound. Captain Hardinge attempted to take it off, but he stopped him, saying, ' It is as well as it is, I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' Sir David Baird had previously been disabled by a severe wound ; and the command of the army now devolved...
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Account of the War in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France: From 1808 to ...

Sir John Thomas Jones (bart.) - 1821 - 416 pages
...unbuckling it from his waist, when he said in his usual tone and manner, and in a very distinct voice, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." He was borne by six soldiers of the 42d, and Guards, my sash supporting him in an easy posture. Observing...
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