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" The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec. "
Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago - Página 94
por Rufus Blanchard - 1881 - 768 páginas
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The History of the United States of North America, from the ..., Volume 4

James Grahame - 1836 - 486 páginas
...finished his X- recitation, he added in a tone still guardedly low, but earnest 1759. and emphatic, — " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec :" 1 — perhaps the noblest tribute ever paid by arms to letters, since the time when the poetry of...
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The Bachelors, and Other Tales, Founded on American Incidents and Character

Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1836 - 228 páginas
...looked around him, and, seeing the effect it had made, he said, in a still more suppressed tone, ' Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec.' What a tribute to poetical genius ! — for it too often happens that the mere soldier has no sympathy...
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The History of the United States of North America, from the ..., Volume 4

James Grahame - 1836 - 480 páginas
...finished his x- recitation, he added in a tone still guardedly low, but earnest 1759. and emphatic, — " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec :" 1 — perhaps the noblest tribute ever paid by arms to letters, since the time when the poetry of...
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Notes Upon Canada and the United States: From 1832 to 1840 : Much in a Small ...

Henry Cook Todd - 1840 - 300 páginas
...whole of Giay's Elegy in a Country Church Yard, then just published ; and upon conclusion, added, " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than even to take Quebec." A greater tribute from arms to letters, considering the position in which this...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 páginas
...seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added : " Now, Gentlemen, I would rather " be the author of that poem than take Quebec!"* On reaching the northern bank at the spot designed, — and Wolfe was amongst the first to leap on...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 4

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1844 - 608 páginas
...seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added : " Now, Gentlemen, I would rather " be the author of that poem than take Quebec!"* On reaching the northern bank at the spot designed, — and Wolfe was amongst the first to leap on...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 46

1887 - 890 páginas
...with muffled oars to the riverside where he and many another brave Englishman were to die. " I had rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec." said he, closing the quotation. Which of her Britannic Majesty's officers would say such things now ? Take any...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - 1849 - 528 páginas
...United States, vol. iv., p. 51. Church-yard;" and as he concluded the beautiful Sept. verses, said, " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec ! " But while Wolfe thus, in the poet's words, gave vent to the intensity of his feelings, his eye...
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Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York: Embracing Some ...

Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 734 páginas
...Yard," in which occurs the prophetic line above quoted: and at the conclusion of it, he remarked: — " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec." What a noble tribute for a Warrior to render a Poet wavering in their adherence to the English, and...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - 1850 - 376 páginas
...his side, " Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard;" and as he concluded the beautiful verses, said, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec !" But while Wolfe thus, in the poet's words, gave vent to the intensity of his feelings, his eye was...
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