| Walter Scott - 1816 - 294 pages
...of our lost heroes, died with the Duke's name on their expiring lips. Amid the havoc which had been made among his immediate attendants, his Grace sent...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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 588 pages
...of our lost heroes, died with the Duke's name on their expiring lips. Amid the havoc which had been made among his immediate attendants, his Grace sent...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 538 pages
...of our lost heroes, died with the Duke's name on their expiring lips. Amid the havoc which had been made among his immediate attendants, his Grace sent...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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