 | J. W. Robertson - 1815 - 850 pages
...charges against the British InL which we now occupy.'—' It is enough, ' returned the genei ral; ' I and every man under my command are determined to share his fate. ' The gallant Duke was often observed to look at his watch, and heard to exclaim ' Would to God that... | |
 | 1816 - 658 pages
...Englishman in the field, must die on the spot which we now occupy." " It is enough," returned the general; " I and every man under my command are determined to...the woods from which the Prussians were expected to issue.—"No," was the answer; " I looked oftener at my watch than at any thing else. I knew if my... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pages
...in the field, must die on the spot which we now occupy." " It is enough," returned the general ; " I and every man under my command are determined to...whether in that conjuncture he looked often to the womb from which the Prussians were expected to issue. " No," was the answer ; " I looked oftener at... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1816 - 500 pages
...in the field, must die on the spot which we now occupy." " It is enough," returned the general ; " I and every man under my command are determined to...the Duke of Wellington, whether in that conjuncture ehe looked often to the woods from which the Prus» sians were expected to issue. — " No," was the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1816 - 488 pages
...in the field, must die on the spot which we now occupy." '« It is enough," returned the general ; " I and every man under my command are determined to...friend of ours had the courage to ask the Duke of Welling. ton, whether in that conjuncture he looked often to the woods from which the Prussians were... | |
 | William Whitehead - 1820 - 136 pages
...Englishman on the field, must die on the spot we now occupy." " It is enough," returned the general ; " I and every man under my command are determined to share his fate." When the battle seemed doubtful the Duke said to those who survived, " Never mind ; victory will yet... | |
 | George Longmore - 1826 - 342 pages
...see the bloody carnage done. A person had the courage to ask the noble personage in command whether he looked often to the woods, from which the Prussians...else; I knew if my troops could keep their position until night that I must be joined by Blucher before morning, and we would not have left Buonaparte... | |
 | 1826 - 372 pages
...Englishman in the field, must die on the spot we now occupy." " It is enough," returned the general; " I, and every man under my command, are determined to share his fate." THE MARQUESS OF ANGLESEA. Next to the Duke of Wellington, the success of the battle of Waterloo was,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 588 pages
...the field, must die on the spot which we now occupy." — " It is enough," returned the general ; " I, and every man under my command, are determined...the answer ; " I looked oftener at my watch than at anything else. I knew if my troops could keep their position till night, that I must be joined by Blucher... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1827 - 542 pages
...Wellington's ' opinion. On being' asked by a friend, whether at the most critical period of the battle, he looked often to the woods from which the Prussians were expected to issue ; " No," was the answer ; " 1 looked oftener at my watch than at at»y thing else. I knew if my troops could keep their position... | |
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I, and every Englishman in the field, must die on the spot which we now occupy." — " It is enough," returned the general ; " I, and every man under my command, are determined to share his fate. 
