 I have much business that must be attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short, therefore pray leave me. I wish you all comfort, and to be happily extricated from your present perplexities.  The Conquest of Canada - Page 222by George Warburton - 1850 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Smith - Canada - 1815 - 520 pages
...attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short, so pray leave me: I wish you all comfort, and to be...for his Chaplain, who with the Bishop of the Colony, remained with him until he expired Before he died, he paid the English Army this compliment: " Since... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1834 - 548 pages
...greater moment than your ruined garrison, and this wretched country. — My time is very short — so pray leave me. — I wish you all comfort, and...extricated from your present perplexities." He then addressed himself to his religious duties, and passed the night with the Bishop and his own confessor.... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - Québec (Québec) - 1834 - 534 pages
...greater moment than your ruined garrison, and this wretched country. — My time is very short — so pray leave me. — I wish you all comfort, and...extricated from your present perplexities." He then addressed himself to his religious duties, and passed the night with the Bishop and his own confessor.... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1844 - 234 pages
...greater moment than your ruined garrison, and this wretched country. — —My time is very short — so pray leave me. — I wish you all comfort, and...extricated from your present perplexities." He then addressed himself to his religious duties, and passed the night with the Bishop and his own confessor.... | |
 | George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...Ramsay, the governor of the city, visited him, and desired to receive his commands for the defence; but he refused to occupy himself any longer with worldly...remained with him till he expired. An officer of the 43rd regiment, whose carefully kept journal furnishes much valuable information on the subject of this... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...wretched country. My time is short — I shall pass this night with God, and prepare myself for death. I wish you all comfort ; and to be happily extricated...his chaplain, who, with the bishop of the colony, remained with him through the night. He expired early in the morning, dying like a brave soldier and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...wretched country. My time is short, — I shall pass this night with God, and prepare myself for death. I wish you all comfort ; and to be happily extricated...his chaplain, who, with the bishop of the colony, remained with him through the night. He expired early in the morning, dying like a brave soldier and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...wretched country. My time is short,— I shall pass this night with God, and prepare myself for death. I wish you all comfort; and to be happily extricated...for his chaplain, who with the bishop of the colony, remained with him through the night. He expired early in the morning, dying like a brave soldier and... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Birds - 1863 - 504 pages
...to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison, and this wretehed country. My time is very short — so pray leave me. I wish you all comfort, and to be...extricated from your present perplexities." He then addressed himself to his religious duties, and passed the night with the bishop and his own confessor.... | |
 | Robert Wright (biographer.) - 1864 - 670 pages
...attend to of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short, so pray leave me. I wish you all comfort, and to be speedily extricated from your present perplexity."* He died early on the morning of the 14th. Five... | |
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