 Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win...  Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk - Page 170by Walter Scott - 1816 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1816 - 294 pages
...expostulating with the General on the personal danger to which he was exposing himself. Lieutenant-Colonel Canning, and many of our lost heroes, died with the...lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The braven f my troops has hitherto saved me from that great evil; but, l« win even such a battle as this... | |
 | 1816 - 1052 pages
...approached him, can add to the honours of a hero, never did a general receive so many and such aflecting proofs of it ; and their devotion was repaid by his...saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win even »ucb a battle as this of Waterloo, at 'the exprnce of the lives of so many gallant friend«, could... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1816 - 678 pages
...character, as the anecdotes which bespeak him to have felt, as well as acted, up to the occasion. ' " Believe me," he Afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting...hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only... | |
 | 1816 - 658 pages
...character, as the anecdotes which bespeak him to have felt, as well as acted, up to the occasion. ' " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting...hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but, to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 538 pages
...received his mortal wound while expostulating with the General on the personal danger to which he was exposing himself. Lieutenant Colonel Canning, and...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 588 pages
...received his mortal wound while expostulating with the General on the personal danger to which he was exposing himself. Lieutenant Colonel Canning, and...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1827 - 542 pages
...no^doubt by those powerful sensations which he afterwards thus expressed to a friend,—" Believe me, that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my toops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...receive so many affecting proofs of it ; and their devotion was repaid by his sense of it, and his sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards...said, " that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be more melancholy than a battle won. The bravery -of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 376 pages
...value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a hattle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
 | 1831 - 334 pages
...so many affecting proofs of it ; and their devotion was repaid by his sense of it, and his solrrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be more melancholy than a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater... | |
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