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" Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour... "
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent ... - Page 406
by John Aikin - 1803
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The Past and Future of the British Navy

Edward Plunkett Baron Dunsany - France. Navy - 1846 - 260 pages
...unhappily neglected. Was not the affair of 1840 a warning ? Was Grenville, with a quiet and a joyful mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought, fighting for his queen, religion, country, and honor ; and my soul willingly departing from my body,...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 13

1847 - 784 pages
...said in the Spanish language to those around him: — "Here I, Richard Grenville, die with a joyous and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a...do, fighting for his country, queen, religion and honor, my soul willingly departing from this body, tearing behind the lasting fame of having behaved...
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The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review, Volume 13

1847 - 814 pages
...said in the Spanish language to those around him : — " Here I, Richard Grenville, die with a joyous and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a...do, fighting for his country, queen, religion and honor, my soul willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved...
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Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 220 pages
...said in the Spanish language to those around him : — " Here I, Richard Grenville, die with a joyous and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a...do, fighting for his country, queen, religion and honor, my soul willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved...
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Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 224 pages
...arounc him : — " Here I, Richard Grenville, die with a joyous and quiet mind, for that I have endec my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his country, queen, religion and honor, my soul willingly departing from this body leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved...
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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 4

David Hume - Great Britain - 1848 - 560 pages
...were: "Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind : for that I have ended my life an a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his country, queen, religion, and honour. ]Uy soul willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved as every...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...brave man soon after expired, with these remarkable words : ' Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life...fighting for his country, queen, religion and honour.' "—Report of the Truth of the Fight ahout the Isles of the Azores, 4to, 1591, quoted in Tytler's "...
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The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2

George Warburton - Canada - 1850 - 376 pages
...brave man soon after expired, with these remarkable words : ' Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life...do, fighting for his country, queen, religion, and honor.' " — Report of the Truth of the Fight about the Isles of the JLzores, 4to, 1501, quoted in...
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A new gazetteer; or topographical dictionary of the British ..., Volume 1

James A. Sharp - Great Britain - 1852 - 1080 pages
...died of his wounds, with these memorable words in his month, * Here 1 die, Richard Granville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life...true soldier ought to do, fighting for his country, fueec. religion, and honour, — my soul willingly leparting from this body, leaving behind the lasting...
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deeds of naval daring

edward giffard - 1852 - 258 pages
...removal a very few days, during which his last words were, " Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his queen, religion, and honour; my soul willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the lasting...
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