 | John Cumming - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1853 - 212 pages
...save his life. wishes to tell him, but I have told him that I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. I have likewise said that, as a private friend, I advised bim to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction; that he and I had acted too distinguished parts... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1858 - 560 pages
...life. Blücher wishes to kill him; but I have told him iun I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. I have likewise...nothing to do with so foul a transaction ; that he and 1 had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions in become executioners; and that I was determined,... | |
 | Battles - 1861 - 254 pages
...useless, and can have no object." In the same tone the duke wrote to Sir Charles Stuart, telling him, " I said, that as a private friend, I advised him to have...that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners ; and that I was determined that if the Sovereigns chose... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1862 - 738 pages
...[Blücher] wishes to kill him ; but I have told him that I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. I have likewise...that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners ; and that I was determined that, if the sovereigns wished... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 874 pages
...disposition of Napoleon's person, the duke wrote to a friend : " Blücher wishes to kill him, but I have advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction ; if the sovereigns wish him to be put to death, they should appoint an executioner, which should not... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1869 - 246 pages
...have told him that I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. have likewise said that as a private friend I advised...that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners; and that I was determined that if the sovereigns wished... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 810 pages
...[Blucher] wishes to kill him ; but I have told him that I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. I have likewise said, that, as a private fricnd, I advised him to have nothing to do with BO foul a transaction ; that he and I had acted too... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1880 - 456 pages
...concord. I have likewise said that, as a private friend, I advised him to have nothing to do with so vile a transaction; that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners; and that I was determined that if the sovereigns wished... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - World history - 1884 - 1180 pages
...[Blucher] wishes to kill him ; but I have told him that I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. I have likewise...that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners ; and that I was determined that, if the sovereigns wished... | |
 | Timothy Gowing - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1892 - 680 pages
...; Blucher wishes to kill hi™, but I have told him that I shall remonstrate, and shall insist upon his being disposed of by common accord. I have likewise said that, as a private friend, I advise him to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction, that he and I had acted too distinguished... | |
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I advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction ; that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners; and that I was determined that if the Sovereigns wished to put him to death they should appoint... 
