 | William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 502 pages
..." My God ! what a wretch am I, to " be compelled to submit to this disgrace ! — Amongst so ma" ny thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my " miserable life?" Tromp, too, after all his success, was •obliged to yield to the combined efforts of the English red... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 482 pages
...as to render it as honourable as any victory. " My God !" exclaimed he, " what a wretch I am? among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life ?" The Dutch, by the greatest exertions, were saved in their harbours, and the English triumphantly scoured... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...yielding the superiority to the enemy, he frequently exclaimed, " My Cod I what " a wretch am I ! among so many thousand bullets, "'is there not one to put an end to my miserable " life?" One de Witte, his son-in-law, who stood near, exhorted him, since he sought death, to turn , upon the... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 520 pages
...superiority to the enemy, he frequently exclaimed, " My God ! what a wretch am I ! among so many thou" saud bullets, is there not one to put an end to my " miserable life ?" One de Witte, his son-in-law, who stood near, exhorted him, since he sought death, to turn upon... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 544 pages
...yielding the superiority to the enemy, he frequently exclaimed, " My God ! what " a wretch am I! among so many thousand bullets, " is there not one to put an end to my miserable " life ?" One de Witte, his son-in-law, who stood near, exhorted him, since he sought death, to turn upon... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 366 pages
...yielding the superiority to the enemy, he frequently exclaimed, " My God ! what a wretch am I ? among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to >ny miserable life?" One de Witte, his son-in-law, who stood near, exhorted him, since he sought death,... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - Great Britain - 1824 - 568 pages
...yielding the superiority to the English, he frequently exclaimed, "My God ! what a wretch I am ! among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life ?" The Dutch, by the greatest exertions, saved themselves in their harbours ; and the English now rode incontestable... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - Great Britain - 1827 - 568 pages
...yielding the superiority to the English, he frequently exclaimed, " my God ! what a wretch I am ! among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life ?" The Dutch, by the greatest exertions, saved themselves in their harbours ; and the English now rode incontestible... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 434 pages
...yielding the superiority to the enemy, he frequently exclaimed, " My God ! what a wretch am I ! among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life ?" One de Witte, his son-in-law, who stood near, exhorted him, since he sought death, to turn upon... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1829 - 444 pages
...the agony of his heart, " My God, what a wretch am I, to be compelled to this disgrace ! — Among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life !" Russell's Mod. Europe, vol. 2. p. 16. ' The site of the Pest House cannot now be ascertained. No... | |
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My God ! what a wretch am I ! among so many thousand bullets, is there not one to put an end to my miserable life... 
