 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1837 - 788 pages
...worse than it was then supposed to be : it was mortal, and he died on the day before yesterday, at two in the morning. ' I am convinced that you will credit the assurance which I give you, that 1 condole with you most sincerely upon this misfortune, of the extent of which no man is more capable... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1851 - 994 pages
...befallen you. Unfortunately, however, those upon whose judgment I relied were deceived : your soil's wound was worse than it was then supposed to be :...forming an estimate, from the knowledge which I had, nnd the just estimate which I had formed, in my own opinion, of the merits of your son. You will always... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1851 - 1038 pages
...worse than it was then supposed to be : it was mortal, and he died on the day before yesterday, nt 2 in the morning. I am convinced that you will credit...forming an estimate, from the knowledge which I had, nnd the just estimate which I had formed, in my own opimon, of the merits of your son. You will always... | |
 | 1854 - 312 pages
...on the death of his gallant son (who received his death-wound in command of the 79th), he says: '' I am convinced that you will credit the assurance...condole with you most sincerely upon this misfortune.... You will always regret and lament his loss, I am convinced; but I hope you will derive some consolation... | |
 | sir John Stepney Cowell- Stepney (1st bart.) - 1854 - 314 pages
...on the death of his gallant son (who received his death-wound in command of the 79th), he says : " I am convinced that you will credit the assurance...condole with you most sincerely upon this misfortune. . . . You will always regret and lament his loss, I am convinced ; but I hope you will derive some... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1867 - 606 pages
...battle : — ' To Major-General Cameron, IWi 'Villa Formoso, 15th May, V811. ' MY DEAB GENERAL, — When I wrote to you last week I felt that I conveyed...credit the assurance which I give you, that I condole yith you most sincerely upon this misfortune, of the extent of which no man is more capable than myself... | |
 | 1876 - 414 pages
...was worse than it was supposed to be — it was mortal ; and he died the day before yesterday at two in the morning. I am convinced that you will credit the assurance that I condole with you most sincerely upon this misfortune, of the extent of which no man is more... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie - 1876 - 384 pages
...was worse than it was supposed to be — it was mortal ; and he died the day before yesterday at two in the morning. I am convinced that you will credit the assurance that I condole with you rooit sincerely upon this misfortune, of the extent of which no man is more... | |
 | Great Britain. Army. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 1887 - 370 pages
...was worse than it was supposed to be — it was mortal, and he died the day before yesterday at two in the morning. " I am convinced that you will credit...own opinion, of the merits of your son. " You will, I am convinced, always regret and lament his loss ; but I hope you will derive some consolation from... | |
 | Great Britain. Army. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 1887 - 390 pages
...was worse than it was supposed to be — it was mortal, and he died the day before yesterday at two in the morning. " I am convinced that you will credit...own opinion, of the merits of your son. " You will, I am convinced, always regret and lament his loss ; but I hope you will derive some consolation from... | |
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I am convinced that you will credit the assurance which I give you, that I condole with you most sincerely upon this misfortune, of the extent of which no man is more capable than myself of forming an estimate, from the knowledge which I had, and the... 