 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...the skin. The poor old general never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely, in a gentle voice, ' Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse?' He was taken down and laid on the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried... | |
 | 1854 - 206 pages
...cloth from The poor old General never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely in a gentle voice, "Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse?" lie was taken and laid on the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried to... | |
 | Lloyd's patriotic fund - 1854 - 206 pages
...the skin. The poor old General never moved a muscle of his face. He merely said in a gentle voice, "Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse ?' He was taken down and laid on the ground, his lift ebbing fast, and at last he was carried to the... | |
 | George Ryan - 1855 - 210 pages
...staff rode up to his assistance, and said, in that gentle voice the writer had so often listened to, " Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse :" He was taken down from his charger, amidst the unfeigned sorrow of all present, for he was beloved... | |
 | George Brackenbury - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1855 - 600 pages
...General," says Mr. Kussell, " never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely in a gentío voice, 'Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse?' He was taken down and laid on the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried... | |
 | George Brackenbury - Crimea (Ukraine) - 1855 - 148 pages
...General," says Mr. Russell, " never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely in a gentle voice, ' Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse.' He was taken down and laid on the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried... | |
 | Ouida - English fiction - 1864 - 466 pages
...heroism of endurance. I think one can want nothing nobler, or so far more "divine," than Tom Trowbridge, with his legs upon the gun-carriage, refusing to move...tiresome that I was obliged to go down to Balaklava for a short time. The day before I went up again to the front, auxious, you are sure, to be with the Dashers... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - Great Britain - 1865 - 748 pages
...cloth. The poor old General never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely, ™ » g^le Voice, ' Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse?' He was taken down and laid upon the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1866 - 432 pages
...relates : ' The poor old general never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely, in a gentle voice, " Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse ? " He was taken down and laid on the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried... | |
 | George Alfred Henty - Adventure stories, English - 1883 - 406 pages
...shell carried away the leg of General Strangeway. The old general never moved, but said quietly, — " Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse ? " He was laid down on the ground, and presently carried to the rear, where an hour afterwards he... | |
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The poor old general never moved a muscle of his face. He said merely, in a gentle voice, ' Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse?' He was taken down and laid on the ground, while his life-blood ebbed fast, and at last he was carried to... 
