 | William Smith - 1815 - 520 pagini
...with him until he expired Before he died, he paid the English Army this compliment: " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded,...great consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - 1834 - 548 pagini
...confessor. Before he died, he paid the victorious army this magnanimous compliment ; — " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded,...great consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - 1834 - 534 pagini
...confessor. Before he died, he paid the victorious army this magnanimous compliment ; — " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded,...great consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - 1844 - 234 pagini
...confessor. Before he died he paid the victorious army this magnanimous compliment ; — " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded,...consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave an enemy. If 1 could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number of such forces as I commanded... | |
 | George Warburton - 1849 - 528 pagini
...states that Montcalm paid the English army the following compliment after the battle : " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited, and mortally wounded,...is a great consolation to me to be vanquished by so great and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the... | |
 | George Warburton - 1850 - 376 pagini
...states that Montcalm paid the English army the following compliment after the battle : " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded,...is a great consolation to me to be vanquished by so great and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the... | |
 | Jennet Roy - 1854 - 282 pagini
...confessor. %Q. Before he died, he paid the victorious army this magnanimous compliment, " Since it has been my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded, it is a great satisfaction to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy/' Almost his last act was to... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - 1863 - 504 pagini
...confessor. Before he died, he paid the victorious army this magnanimous compliment : " Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded,...great consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number... | |
 | Robert Wright - 1864 - 666 pagini
...by Montcalm himself, who, at the . of death, declared, — "Since it is my misfortune to CONCLUSION. be discomfited and mortally wounded, it is a great...vanquished by so brave an enemy. If I could survive, I would engage to beat three times the number of such forces as I commanded with a third of British... | |
 | Robert Wright (biographer.) - 1864 - 670 pagini
...by Montcalin himself, who, at Ue point of death, declared, — " Since it is my misfortune to f t>e discomfited and mortally wounded, it is a great consolation...vanquished by so brave an enemy. If I could survive, I would engage to beat three times the number of such forces as I commanded with a third of British... | |
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Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited, and mortally wounded, it is a great consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number of such forces as I commanded... 
