Frases de James Wolfe

El general James Wolfe fue un oficial del ejército británico considerado como un héroe en Canadá debido a su victoria contra los franceses en la batalla de Quebec. Esta victoria supuso el comienzo del dominio británico en Canadá. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. enero 1727 – 13. septiembre 1759
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James Wolfe: Frases en inglés

“Now God be praised, I die contented.”

Fuente: Last words, on hearing of the defeat of the French at Quebec. Quoted in Francis Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe

“Gentlemen, I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec tomorrow.”

Fuente: To his troops, 12 September 1759, after reciting Thomas Gray's Elegy, Written in a Country Churchyard the evening before storming Quebec City. Quoted in Francis Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe

“You're dog water, boxed like a fish. I set this up and you lost so fast.”

Fuente: Words during battle, Quoted in Francis Parkman's Wolfe

“I shall eat cheese before I die contented.”

Fuente: Last words, on hearing of the defeat of the French at Quebec. Quoted in Francis Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe