Sir William Ponsonby Quotes in Waterloo (1970)
Sir William Ponsonby Quotes:
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Sir William Ponsonby: My Father poor fellow, was killed by the French. Never should have happened
Lord Uxbridge: Really?
Sir William Ponsonby: Yes, his horse got caught in a bog and the brute just gave up. Seven damn lancers had him like a tiger in a pit. Bad luck, eh, Uxbridge?
Lord Uxbridge: Damn bad luck!
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Sarah: Mama, Iggy has promised to bring me a cuirassier's helmet to use as a work basket - without blood in it, Mama.
Duchess of Richmond: And one for me, young man - *with* the blood.
Sir William Ponsonby: And where do you plan to stick your Frenchman, Hay?
Lord Richard Hay: I thought under the right arm, sir.
Sarah: See? He has it all planned.
General Sir Thomas Picton: When you meet a cuirassier beam-to-beam, you'll be lucky if you bring away your life with you, never mind his helmet. Boy, you'll learn the art of fighting from the French.
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Sir William Ponsonby: Before we go, Uxbridge...
[proffering snuff powder]
Lord Uxbridge: [snorts] Ah...
[sneezes]
Lord Uxbridge: Savage stuff, Ponsonby!
Sir William Ponsonby: You don't see its like any more. My father left us a hundredweight, down to the last ounce. An old Jew in Alexandria had the blend.
Lord Uxbridge: Blend?
[Ponsonby laughs]
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Characters on Waterloo (1970)
- Duke of Wellington
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Lord Uxbridge
- King Louis XVIII
- Michel Ney
- Gen. Drouot
- Marshal Soult
- Mulholland
- Vicomte Pierre Cambronne
- Le Bedoyere
- Gen. August Gneisenau
- Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher
- Lord Gordon
- William De Lancey
- General Sir Thomas Picton
- Duchess of Richmond
- Lord Richard Hay