| English literature - 1816 - 1052 pages
...was repaid by his sense of its value and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half...saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win even »ucb a battle as this of Waterloo, at 'the exprnce of the lives of so many gallant friend«, could... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1816 - 678 pages
...bespeak him to have felt, as well as acted, up to the occasion. ' " Believe me," he Afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half...hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only... | |
| 1816 - 658 pages
...bespeak him to have felt, as well as acted, up to the occasion. ' " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half...hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but, to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1827 - 538 pages
...was repaid by his sense of its value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 588 pages
...was repaid by his sense of its value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
| John James M'Gregor - 1827 - 542 pages
...no^doubt by those powerful sensations which he afterwards thus expressed to a friend,—" Believe me, that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my toops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo,... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 pages
...Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be more melancholy than a battle won. The bravery -of my troops has hitherto...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1829 - 376 pages
...value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a hattle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
| Europe - 1831 - 334 pages
...Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be more melancholy than a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune, were it not... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 456 pages
...was repaid by his sense of its value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half...win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of so many gallant friends, 1 [This accomplished officer had been married in the... | |
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