| 1831 - 786 pàgines
...sudden pang. Captain Hardinge would hare taken off the sword, but the general stopped him, saying, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me I' With these words he was home from the battle. It was a long way to the town, and the torture of... | |
| 1831 - 318 pàgines
...which induced Captain Hardinge to unbuckle it ; but the General said, in his usual tone and manner, " It is as well as it is : I had rather it should go out of the field with me. " Six soldiers of the 42d and guards now bore him away. Hardinge, observing his composure, began to... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1832 - 422 pàgines
...unbuckle the belt. " No, Hardinge," said he, with the chivalrous feeling worthy of an earlier age, " it is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Captain Hardinge, of course desisted from his well-intentioned attempt ; and with the sword girdled... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1832 - 478 pàgines
...blanket to the rear. In raising him for that purpose, his sword hanging on the wounded side, touched his arm, and became entangled between his legs. I...from his waist, when he said in his usual tone, and in a very distinct manner, ' It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with... | |
| 1832 - 240 pàgines
...shattered arm, and might give pain ; but the hero, seeing their intention, said to the officers — " It is well as it is — I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Six soldiers of the 42nd now gently raised the blanket from the ground, and proceeded slowly towards... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1833 - 434 pàgines
...and Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt to take it off; when he said with soldierly feelings, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather ' it should go out of the field with me.' His serenity was so striking, that Hardinge began to hope the wound was not mortal ; he expressed this... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pàgines
...Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt to take it oft'; when he said with soldierly feelings, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather ' it should go out of the field with me.' His serenity was so striking, that Hardinge began to hope the wound was not mortal; he expressed this... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pàgines
...and Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt to take it off; when he said with soldierly feelings, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather ' it should go out of the field with me.' His serenity was so striking, that Hardinge began to hope the wound was not mortal ; he expressed this... | |
| 1834 - 604 pàgines
...and Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt to take it off; when he said with soldierly feelings, ' It is as well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' vol.. i. (1*3-1) NO. iv. 2 N Sir Henry seemg that his friend began to hope, concluded that the wound... | |
| 1834 - 434 pàgines
...sudden pang. Captain Hardingc would have taken off the sword, but the general stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is : I had rather it should go out of the field «ith me !" With these words he was borne from the battle. It was a long way to the town, and the torture... | |
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