 | James Carrick Moore, Sir John Moore - 1809 - 376 pages
...run to attend on Sir John Moore. When they arrived, and offered their assistance, he said to them, " You " can be of no service to me, go to the soldiers, to whom you may " be useful." As the soldiers were carrying him slowly along, he made them turn him round frequently, to view the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pages
...them instantly to desist, and run to attend on sir John Moore. When they arrived, he said to them, " you can be of no service to me, go to the soldiers, to whom you may be useful." As the soldiers were carrying him slowly along in a blanket, he made them turn him round frequently... | |
 | Francis Gibbon - 1816 - 616 pages
...run to attend Sir John Moore; but when they arrived and offered their assistance, he coolly said, " You can be of no service to me; go to the soldiers, to whom you may be useful." The General was carried from the field of battle in a blanket, by a Serjeant of the 42d and some soldiers.... | |
 | Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 pages
...run to attend Sir John Moore; but, when they arrived and offered their assistance, heeooHy said, " You can be of no service to me, go to the soldiers to whom you may be useful." As the soldiers were carrying him slowly along, he made them turn him round frequently, to view the... | |
 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 534 pages
...run to Sir John Moore. They obeyed him, but on approaching the commanderin-chief he calmly said, " you can be of no service to me; go to the soldiers to whom you may be useful." As he was borne along he repeatedly asked the soldiers to stop to see how the battle went, and expressed... | |
 | Kentigern (st.) - 1843 - 454 pages
...I had rather it should go out of the field with me." When the surgeons arrived, he said to them, " You can be of no service to me; go to the soldiers, to whom yon may be useful." As he was borne slowly along, he repeatedly caused those who carried him to halt... | |
 | 1854 - 380 pages
...the dying words of the hero of Corunna. When the surgeons hurried to his aid, Sir John Moore said, " You can be of no service to me ; go to the soldiers to whom you can be useful ; I am beyond your skill." Of great royal sayings, one of the royalest wan that of Gustavus... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...destroyed the man. He dismissed the surgeons, who offered him assistance, with these memorable words: “You can be of no service to me; go to the soldiers to whom you may be useful: I am beyond the reach of your skill,”—words which deserve to ¿be recorded by the side of those... | |
 | William Anderson - 1863 - 800 pages
...I had rather it should go out of the field with me." When the surgeons arrived, he said to them, " You can be of no service to me ; go to the sol-diers, to whom you may be useful." As he was borne slowly along, he repeatedly caused those who carried him to halt and turn round, to... | |
 | Last words - 1876 - 140 pages
...from the field. He dismissed the surgeons who offered their assistance with the memorable words, " You can be of no service to me; go to the soldiers to whom you may be useful; I am beyond the reach of your skill!" Sir Thomas More, at his execution, exhibited the same gentle,... | |
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You can be of no service to me; go to the soldiers, to whom you may be useful." "You know," said he to his friend Colonel Anderson, " that I have always wished to die this way. 1 hope the people of England will be satisfied. 
