Twelve years of a soldier's life in India, extr. from letters, ed. by G.H. HodsonTicknor, 1859 - 444 páginas |
Outras edições - Ver todos
Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India, Extr. from Letters, Ed. by G.H ... William Stephen R Hodson Prévia não disponível - 2016 |
Termos e frases comuns
1st Fusiliers 9th Lancers Affghan Agra appointed arms army arrived artillery attack Bareilly Bengal Brigadier brother camp Captain Hodson capture Cashmere cavalry Cawnpore Colonel Colonel Lawrence command Commander-in-Chief corps death Delhi Doâb duty enemy enemy's escape European Euzofzai fancy fear feel fight fire force friends G. C. LEWIS gallant gallop give Guides guns hands hills Hodson's Horse hope India Indus joined killed King KUSSOWLEE Lahore letter Lieutenant Hodson Lord Lord Dalhousie loss Lucknow Macdowell Meerut ment miles months morning mountain Napier Native Infantry never night numbers officers once one's party Peshawur poor Punjab rascals rebels regiment ride road rode Rohtuck sent Sepoys Shebbeare shot Sikh Simla Singh Sir H Sir Henry Lawrence soldier soon sowars Subathoo Sutlej tent thankful thing Thomason to-day troops trust Umbâla valley whole wounded write yesterday
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página 363 - HUMPHRY (WG) An Historical and Explanatory Treatise on the Book of Common Prayer. By WG Humphry, BD, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Prebendary of St. Paul's and Vicar of St. Martin-in-theFields. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Fcap. 8vo. 4*.
Página 366 - CHARICLES ; a Tale illustrative of Private Life among the Ancient Greeks : with Notes and Excursuses. New Edition. Post Svo.
Página 360 - Varronianus ; a Critical and Historical Introduction to the Study of the Latin Language. By JW DONALDSON, DD 14s. The New Cratylus; Contributions towards a more accurate Knowledge of the Greek Language.
Página 364 - Essays on Dangers to Christian Faith from the Teaching or the Conduct of its Professors.
Página 363 - Churchman's Guide to the Use of the English Liturgy. By the same. 3s. 6d. First Sundays at Church. By the same Author.
Página 304 - ... when he called out to them to lay down their arms. There was a murmur. He reiterated the command and (God knows why, I never can understand it) they commenced doing so. Now you see we didn't want their arms, and under ordinary circumstances would not have risked our lives in so rash a way ; but what we wanted was to gain time to get the princes away, for we could have done nothing had they attacked us, but cut our way back, and very little chance of doing even this successfully.
Página 238 - I comfort myself with the thought, that history will do justice to the constancy and fortitude of the handful of Englishmen who have for so many weeks — months, I may say — of desperate weather, amid the greatest toil and hardship, resisted and finally defeated the worst and most strenuous exertions of an entire army and a whole nation in arms,— an army trained by ourselves, and supplied with all but exhaustless munitions of war, laid up by ourselves for the maintenance of our Empire. I venture...
Página 363 - Edition. 2s. 6d. The Book of the Fathers, and the Spirit of their Writings. 9s. 6d. Babylon and Jerusalem : a Letter to Countess of Hahn-Hahn. 2s. 6d. History of the Church of England.
Página 361 - On Epidemic Diarrhoea and Cholera; their Pathology and Treatment. With a Record of Cases. By the same. 7s. 6d. Sanitary Condition of the City of London (from 1848 to 1853). With Preface and Notes. By JoHNSmoN.FES 8s.
Página 125 - ... lounge. I am most gratified by the appointment to the command of the Guides, and more so by the way in which it was given me, and the manner of my selection from amidst a crowd of aspirants. It is no small thing for a subaltern to be raised to the command of a battalion of infantry and a squadron and a half of cavalry, with four English officers under him ! I am supposed to be the luckiest man of my time. I have already had an offer from the Military Secretary to the Board of Administration to...