 | Joseph Sansom - Québec (Province) - 1817 - 340 pages
...replied, with characteristic magnanimity, when he was told that he had but a few hours to live — " So much the better ! — I shall " not live to see the surrender of Que" bee." > During the Revolutionary contest, in the year 1775, the American General Montgomery fell,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 590 pages
...less heroically. He was told, that his wound was mortal; and that he could survive but a few hours. ' So much the better: 'I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec.' The expression was prophetic; for, although the town was still strongly defended by its fortifications,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 546 pages
...less heroically. He was told, that his wound was mortal; and that he could survive but a few hours. ' So much the better: 'I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec.' The expression was prophetic; for, although the town was still strongly defended by its fortifications,... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...heroic. Being told that his wound was mortal, and that he could survive but a few hours, he replied, " So much the better ; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." The following account of the dangers and sufferings 6f two officers of the English army, during the... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 501 pages
...certain,—" I am glad of it," he cried; ' how long shall I survive?" "Ten or twelve hours, perhaps less." " So much the better; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." To the council of war he showed that in twelve hours all the troops n'ear at hand might be concentrated... | |
 | Chandler Eastman Potter - Manchester (N.H.) - 1856 - 948 pages
...that he could not live, "more than ten or twelve hours, perhaps less," the gallant officer replied, "So much the better, I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." He refused further attendance to business, saying "I shall pass the night with God, and prepare myself... | |
 | george bancropt - 1856 - 496 pages
..." I am glad of it," he cried ; r/ how long shall I survive?" "Ten or twelve hours, perhaps less." " So much the better ; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." To the council of war he showed that in twelve hours all the troops near at hand might be concentrated... | |
 | Chandler Eastman Potter - Manchester (N.H.) - 1856 - 942 pages
...that he could not live, "more than ten or twelve hours, perhaps less," the gallant officer replied, "So much the better, I shall not live to see the surrender of duebec." He refused further attendance to business, saying "I sjiall pass the night with God, and prepare... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - United States - 1859 - 230 pages
...General Montcalm was also mortally wounded, and when told that he could live but a few hours, replied, " So much the better; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." This important conquest did much towards finishing the war. The following year George III. ascended... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1908 - 870 pages
...is nothing, it is nothing.' Being told by the surgeon that the wound was mortal, Montcalm replied, ' So much the better ; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec.' In answer to an appeal for guidance from the laggard Vaudreil he directed the army to retreat beyond Cap... | |
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Ten or twelve hours, perhaps less." "So much the better; I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec. 
