Lives of Indian Officers, Tom 1W.H. Allen and Company, 1889 |
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administration affairs afterwards appear appointed army arrived Badjee Barlow Bengal Bombay British Government Calcutta camp career character Charles Metcalfe chief civil Colonel command Commander-in-Chief Company's Council Court of Directors delight doubt Dundas duty East India Company Elphinstone endeavour enemy England English European favour feel French friends Governor Governor-General happy heart Henry Martyn honour hope Hyderabad interests King King's letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hastings Lord Minto Lord Wellesley Lord William Bentinck Lordship Madras Mahratta Medows Memoir ment Metcalfe's military mind Ministers mission month Mountstuart Mountstuart Elphinstone Mysore native never officers opinion peace Peishwah Persian political Poonah present Rajah received regiment Resident respect Scindiah sent Seringapatam servants Sindh Sir Charles Metcalfe Sir George Barlow Sir John Malcolm soldier soon success things thought tion Tippoo told took troops whilst wish write wrote young
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Strona 521 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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Strona 68 - Mrs., or rather Miss Manley, for she was never married, is best known as the authoress of the ' New Atalantis,' a scandalous work, which she published at the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Strona 474 - Put on, therefore, as the elect of God. holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Strona 530 - No horses being to be had, I had an unexpected repose. I sat in the orchard, and thought with sweet comfort and peace, of my God ; in solitude my company, my friend, and comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ! When shall appear that new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness...
Strona 343 - Maratha powers and their relations with each other and with the British government and its allies. He has been present in all the actions which have been fought in this quarter during the war and at all the sieges; he is acquainted with...
Strona 518 - This bright and lovely jewel first gratified our eyes on Saturday last. He is on his way to Arabia, where he is going in pursuit of health and knowledge. You know his genius, and what gigantic strides he takes in everything.
Strona 227 - I would sacrifice Gwalior, or every frontier of India, ten times over, in order to preserve our credit for scrupulous good faith, and the advantages and honor we gained by the late war and the peace; and we must not fritter them away in arguments, drawn from overstrained principles of the laws of nations, which are not understood in this country. What brought me through many difficulties in the war, and the negotiations for peace ? The British good faith, and nothing else.
Strona 486 - ... down the channel. Though it was what I had anxiously been looking forward to so long, yet the consideration of being parted for ever from my friends, almost overcame me. My feelings were those of a man who should suddenly be told, that every friend he had in the world was dead. It was only by prayer for them that I could be comforted ; and this was indeed a refreshment to my soul, because by meeting them at the throne of grace, I seemed to be again in their society.
Strona 534 - Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.