 | English history - 1881 - 888 páginas
...the service of his country, I might l>e excused for lamenting him more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable so -was tideath glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, viC be sacred to every... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness - 1884 - 332 páginas
...whom it was truly stated in the official despatches — " As his life was honourable, so his death was glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the memory of a grateful posterity." After the British successes at Alexandria... | |
 | James Grant - 1880 - 666 páginas
...the Castle of St. Elmo. Thus fell Abercrombie, a man " whose memory" says the Gazette of the day, " will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and be embalmed in the memory of a grateful posterity." His widow was created Baroness Abercrombie,... | |
 | Lloyd Charles Sanders - 1887 - 1098 páginas
...in the service of his country, I might bo excused for lamenting him more than any other person : but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved...life was honourable, so was his death glorious." His monument in St. Paul's Cathedral was erected in accordance with a vote of the Honse of Commons, and... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - 1896 - 360 páginas
...dead warrior in appropriate and truthful expressions: "As his life was honourable, so his death was glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the memory of a grateful posterity." The respect and affection with which... | |
 | Sir John Moore - 1904 - 476 páginas
...in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved...annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity." CAMP, 10 MILES BELOW CAIRO (UPON... | |
 | Frederick Watson - 1925 - 364 páginas
...morning of the 28th. As a contemporary paper wrote of him, " his life was honourable, so his death was glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier and embalmed in the memory of a grateful posterity." The action had been a severe test of the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1802 - 920 páginas
...; but it is fome conlolatipn to thofe who tenderly loved him, that, as his life was honourable, fo was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals ol his country, will be facred to every Britiih foldier, and embalmed in the recolleflion of a «rratefiil... | |
 | Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Richard Cannon - 1838 - 120 páginas
...of May, 1801 f, and in the dispatch of his successor, General Hutchinson, in the following terms : ' His memory will be recorded in the ' annals of his country, will be sacred to every British ' soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful ' posterity.' The same officer adds, ' It... | |
 | 1801 - 522 páginas
...; but it is lonie cor.tolation to thofe who tenderly loved him, that as his life was Honourable, fo was his death Glorious. — His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be facred to every Britifh Soldier, and tmbalmed hi the recollection of a grateful pofrerity. It is impoffible... | |
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... of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him, more than any other person; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life... 
