Diary of a March Through Sinde and Affghanistan with the Troops Under the Command of General Sir William Nott, K.C.B., &c., and Sermons Delivered on Various Occasions During the Campaign of 1842J. Hatchard, 1843 - 468 من الصفحات |
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... camp at Bootkhak , a miserable end of a trou- blous course . The manner in which we have been extricated from the ruins of our schemes of unjust aggres- sion has been as merciful and unexpected as our punishment was sudden and appalling ...
... camp at Bootkhak , a miserable end of a trou- blous course . The manner in which we have been extricated from the ruins of our schemes of unjust aggres- sion has been as merciful and unexpected as our punishment was sudden and appalling ...
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... camp is about two miles in rear of the town . We landed at about four P. M. , in a native boat , which approached the shore as near as the mud banks would allow ; we were then obliged to bestride the brawny shoulders of stout Sindees ...
... camp is about two miles in rear of the town . We landed at about four P. M. , in a native boat , which approached the shore as near as the mud banks would allow ; we were then obliged to bestride the brawny shoulders of stout Sindees ...
الصفحة 20
Isaac Nicholson Allen. camp life , and clerical duty in the field in India , as well as to illustrate the peculiar scenery of Lower Sinde , will form the sub- stance of the present chapter . The early morning was the time for exercise ...
Isaac Nicholson Allen. camp life , and clerical duty in the field in India , as well as to illustrate the peculiar scenery of Lower Sinde , will form the sub- stance of the present chapter . The early morning was the time for exercise ...
الصفحة 22
... camp ( with two exceptions ) were levelled in an instant , burying the unlucky inmates , who crowded forth only to be pelted by the pitiless storm of mud . Intermingled chairs , couches , and even heavy boxes , were whirled away , and ...
... camp ( with two exceptions ) were levelled in an instant , burying the unlucky inmates , who crowded forth only to be pelted by the pitiless storm of mud . Intermingled chairs , couches , and even heavy boxes , were whirled away , and ...
الصفحة 23
... camp fashion , " i . e . , every man was supposed to have just the quantity of furniture requisite for himself , and no more ; so that unless you sent everything to the friend's house to which you were going , you had no right whatever ...
... camp fashion , " i . e . , every man was supposed to have just the quantity of furniture requisite for himself , and no more ; so that unless you sent everything to the friend's house to which you were going , you had no right whatever ...
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Affghanistan Affghans appeared arrived artillery Bala Hissar Bengal N. I. Bheestie blessed body Bolan Pass Bombay Bombay artillery camels camp Captain cavalry Christ christian commanding company of H. M. distance divine service encamped enemy European exceedingly Ferozepore fire force friends Futteh Khan Gate Ghuznee Girishk ground guns H. M. 40th regiment H. M. 41st regiment halt hath Hazarus heart heights Herat holy honour horse Istalif Kabul Kabul River Kandahar killed Kurachee Kwettah Lieutenant light companies Lord Major matchlocks ment mercy mess-tent miles morning musjid Nadir Shah native neral night officers party pass peace Peshawur plain poor prayer Punjab rear rear-guard regiment N. I. river road rocks rode round shot ruined scarcely scene seen sepoys Shah Soojah shot side Sinde Sukkur Sunday tamarisk Tattah tent tion tomb town trees troops unto valley village walls whole wounded
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الصفحة 415 - And he led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city of habitation.
الصفحة 383 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
الصفحة 304 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow- wreaths to stone.
الصفحة 427 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
الصفحة 379 - Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else.
الصفحة 382 - And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
الصفحة 406 - For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
الصفحة 386 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
الصفحة 442 - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him ? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
الصفحة 379 - Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LOBD thy God giveth thee, for ever.