| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 904 páginas
...successor, " in the person of our never enough to be lamented commander-in-chief, Sir Ralph Abercromby ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved...embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity."' Huw sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 522 páginas
...character, till long after tlu1 action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were i' permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has...was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded m the annals of his country, will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 558 páginas
...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...embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity." * The body was conveyed to Malta in a frigate, and buried in the north-east bastion of Valetta. A black... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1853 - 378 páginas
...successor, " in the person of our never enough to be lamented commander-in-chief, Sir Ralph Abercromby ; hut it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved...soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity."l Sir Ralph Abercromby was married to Mary Anne, daughter of John Menzii s of Fernton, Perthshire... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 522 páginas
...and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the sen-ice of his country, we might be excused in lamenting him...memory will be recorded in the annals of his country, wfll be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity."... | |
| William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 páginas
...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...death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annuls of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier — and embalmed in the recollection... | |
| Edward Baines - 1855 - 620 páginas
...some consolation to those who tenderlv loved him, that as his life was honourable, so his death was glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals...embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity." In private life. Sir Ralph had in his mannen some degree of reserve ; but he WHS truly amiable, honourable,... | |
| John William Cole - 1856 - 390 páginas
...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...of his country — will be sacred to every British heart, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity." On the 14th of April Colonel Hill... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1857 - 532 páginas
...might be excused in lamenting him ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that a* his life was honourable, so was his death glorious....recollection of a grateful posterity." Baron Dumferline, the late speaker of the House of Commons, is a younger son of Sir Ralph. ABERCROMBY, (Sir John R. 1774... | |
| William James - 1859 - 550 páginas
...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...embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity." On the 26th a second Ottoman squadron arrived, having on board about 5000 Turks and Albanians. This... | |
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