Buoyed above the terror of death by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last... The Edinburgh annual register - Page cccxv1820Full view - About this book
| 1781 - 732 pages
...and which is to foften my laft moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a foldier will furely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to...feelings of a man of honour. Let me hope, Sir, that if acght in my character imprefTes you with f fteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as... | |
| 1788 - 734 pages
...and which is to foften my laft moments, will not be rejeued. Sympathy towards a foldier will furely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to...feelings , of a man of honour. Let me hope, Sir, that if aught în my character imprerTes you with efteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1788 - 762 pages
...and which is to foften my laft moments, will not be rejefied. Sympathy towards a foldier will furely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to...feelings of a man of honour. Let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my charafter imprefles you with cfteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as... | |
| Mercy Otis Warren - 1805 - 434 pages
...foften my laft " moments, will not be rejected." " Sympathy towards a foldier, will furely in" ducc you to adapt the mode of my death to " the feelings of a man of honor." ** Let me hope, fir, that if aught in my char" acter impreffes you with efteem towards me ;... | |
| 1817 - 514 pages
...consciousness of a life devoted to honourable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften im last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your excellency... | |
| 1817 - 508 pages
...consciousness of a life devoted to honourable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency at this serious period, and which is to sotten my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your excellency... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 748 pages
...consciousness of a life devoted to honourable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me rei morse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency...feelings of a man of honour. Let me hope, sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me as the victim of policy and not resentment,... | |
| 1820 - 742 pages
...consciousness of a life devoted to honourable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency...feelings of a man of honour. Let me hope, sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me as the victim of policy and not resentment,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 748 pages
...consciousness of a life devoted to honourable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency...feelings of a man of honour. Let me hope, sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me as the victim of policy and not resentment,... | |
| William Cobbett - 1821 - 792 pages
...consciousness of a life devoted to honourable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency...will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will sorely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings... | |
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