Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... considered a part of the history , not of the Baptist denomi- nation or of Bengal , but of the human race . ' LONDON REVIEW . London : LONGMAN and CO . Paternoster Row . Benz Hembeck γ‘γΌγ LONGMAN MENT LAAN LONDON N. JONGMAN ,
... considered a part of the history , not of the Baptist denomi- nation or of Bengal , but of the human race . ' LONDON REVIEW . London : LONGMAN and CO . Paternoster Row . Benz Hembeck γ‘γΌγ LONGMAN MENT LAAN LONDON N. JONGMAN ,
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... considered " duty , " was the moving principle of action , and he would no more have flinched from it in the cloisters of the Charter House , than he subsequently did 1811. ] DEATH OF HIS MOTHER . 5 amidst the 4 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF ...
... considered " duty , " was the moving principle of action , and he would no more have flinched from it in the cloisters of the Charter House , than he subsequently did 1811. ] DEATH OF HIS MOTHER . 5 amidst the 4 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF ...
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... considered it a pity that a man so highly gifted should be entombed among the subalterns of a regiment of foot . Having been nominated to the command of a large detach- ment of troops proceeding to Cawnpore , Colonel Cotton obtained for ...
... considered it a pity that a man so highly gifted should be entombed among the subalterns of a regiment of foot . Having been nominated to the command of a large detach- ment of troops proceeding to Cawnpore , Colonel Cotton obtained for ...
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... considered so close an imitation of the models of antiquity , that Havelock was , either in joke or earnest , called the modern Thucydides . But the work was chiefly remarkable for its bold strictures on the tactics of the commanders ...
... considered so close an imitation of the models of antiquity , that Havelock was , either in joke or earnest , called the modern Thucydides . But the work was chiefly remarkable for its bold strictures on the tactics of the commanders ...
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... considered an ample justification of his absence . He maintained that as a soldier he was bound to obey orders , regardless of his own convenience . The mar- riage was therefore solemnised at an earlier hour , after which he proceeded ...
... considered an ample justification of his absence . He maintained that as a soldier he was bound to obey orders , regardless of his own convenience . The mar- riage was therefore solemnised at an earlier hour , after which he proceeded ...
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Page 100 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.β