Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... month she sunk into the grave . He was summoned back from school , without being informed of the death of the mother he so tenderly loved , and he came home unconscious of the event , rushed into the chamber , and asked the nurse if he ...
... month she sunk into the grave . He was summoned back from school , without being informed of the death of the mother he so tenderly loved , and he came home unconscious of the event , rushed into the chamber , and asked the nurse if he ...
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... months in the fort , he assembled as many men of his own regiment , the 13th , as chose to attend for religious instruction . He was thus enabled to acquire a beneficial influence over the well - disposed men of the corps , and to ...
... months in the fort , he assembled as many men of his own regiment , the 13th , as chose to attend for religious instruction . He was thus enabled to acquire a beneficial influence over the well - disposed men of the corps , and to ...
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... on the 5th of the month . He hastened onward with all sail , but found , on reaching Rangoon , that the town had been captured a 1824. ] HAVELOCK AT RANGOON . 17 week , and 16 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK .
... on the 5th of the month . He hastened onward with all sail , but found , on reaching Rangoon , that the town had been captured a 1824. ] HAVELOCK AT RANGOON . 17 week , and 16 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK .
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... months to visit the three great capital cities of British supremacy in the East ; the periplus of all the peninsula , and the ancient island of Serendib ( Ceylon ) , as it is called in the Arabian fictions ; a sight of the greater ...
... months to visit the three great capital cities of British supremacy in the East ; the periplus of all the peninsula , and the ancient island of Serendib ( Ceylon ) , as it is called in the Arabian fictions ; a sight of the greater ...
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... " I have for two months been condemned to rather a monotonous state of existence in this very uninteresting cantonment . Some 1828. ] PUBLISHES CAMPAIGNS IN AVA . " 29 portion 28 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK .
... " I have for two months been condemned to rather a monotonous state of existence in this very uninteresting cantonment . Some 1828. ] PUBLISHES CAMPAIGNS IN AVA . " 29 portion 28 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK .
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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.