Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Services of India, Tom 1A. Strahan, 1867 |
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Strona 87
... look back ; we must Tonly consider how to remedy the evil , and to prevent the ill effects which our delay may occasion in the minds of our allies . It immediately occurred to me that nothing would be so likely to keep up their spirits ...
... look back ; we must Tonly consider how to remedy the evil , and to prevent the ill effects which our delay may occasion in the minds of our allies . It immediately occurred to me that nothing would be so likely to keep up their spirits ...
Strona 112
... look about me . My expedition has not been a profitable one , but my baggage , horses , and wine are returned ; and I shall keep everything in readiness till the end of the war , that I may not be subject to another expensive equip ...
... look about me . My expedition has not been a profitable one , but my baggage , horses , and wine are returned ; and I shall keep everything in readiness till the end of the war , that I may not be subject to another expensive equip ...
Strona 113
... look a little to Asiatic affairs , and to call the attention of Ministers to those points which I knew to be of the most pressing and important nature . The critical situation , how- ever , of all Europe , and of our own country in ...
... look a little to Asiatic affairs , and to call the attention of Ministers to those points which I knew to be of the most pressing and important nature . The critical situation , how- ever , of all Europe , and of our own country in ...
Strona 121
... look for an early period when the allowances of the servants of the subordinate Presidencies should , in proportion to the trust and labour of their respective offices , be made equal to those in Bengal , and that it was as well worth ...
... look for an early period when the allowances of the servants of the subordinate Presidencies should , in proportion to the trust and labour of their respective offices , be made equal to those in Bengal , and that it was as well worth ...
Strona 130
... looks , and one of them said , " My little man , what would you do if you were to meet Hyder Ali ? " " Do ! " said * Mr. Graham lived to see his old pupil recognised by the world both as a man of thought and a man of action . Malcolm is ...
... looks , and one of them said , " My little man , what would you do if you were to meet Hyder Ali ? " " Do ! " said * Mr. Graham lived to see his old pupil recognised by the world both as a man of thought and a man of action . Malcolm is ...
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