 | Archibald Alison - 1843 - 1154 pagina’s
...celebrity hi future times, CAPTAIN HAKDINGE, attempted to take it off, but the dying hero exclaimed, " It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go off the field with me." He was carried by the soldiers towards the town, but though the pain of the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 928 pagina’s
...wound: Hardinge would have unbuckled the belt, and have taken it off; but the dying soldier said, " It is as •well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Hardinge again began to hope, and to say that he hoped, the wound would not prove mortal. " No, Hardinge,"... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pagina’s
...the wona Captain Harding would have taken it off, Moore stopped him, saying, " It is as well as iti I had rather it should go out of the field with me It was a long way to the town, and the torture, the motion was great, but the expression of countenance... | |
 | 1846 - 230 pagina’s
...into the wound might be relieved ; but that Sir John Moore stopped him with this affecting speech, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." The historian adds that, in this manner, so becoming a soldier, Sir John Moore was borne from the field,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 772 pagina’s
...contributed to cause might be relieved; but that Sir John Moore stopped him with this affecting speech, "It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." The historian adds that, in this manner, so becoming a soldier, Sir John Moore was borne from the field,... | |
 | Henry Hardinge Hardinge (Viscount) - 1846 - 234 pagina’s
...into the wound might be relieved ; but that Sir John Moore stopped him with this affecting speech, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." The historian adds that, in this manner, so becoming a soldier, Sir John Moore was borne from the field,... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - 1846 - 396 pagina’s
...staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him saying, ' It is well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' " Thus was the hero borne from the field of battle. He died before night, and was buried in the citadel... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1846 - 400 pagina’s
...staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him saying, ' It is well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' " Thus was the hero borne from the field of battle. He died before night, and was buried in the citadel... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 176 pagina’s
...soldiers placed him in a blanket, his sword became entangled, and the hilt entered the wound. Capt. Hardinge attempted to take it off, but he stopped...wound ; and the command of the army now devolved on Gen. Hope. In the meanwhile, all went prosperously in the field. The reserve pushed on to the right,... | |
 | 1847 - 568 pagina’s
...wound. Captain Hardinge, a staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, hut the dying man stopped him, saying, ' 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 a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight. * * * The blood flowed fast,... | |
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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. 
