Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... tion and gravity of the one , with the or statesman , or student of Indian affairs can safely dispense with or honestly ignore . It is the moral history of North India , and of the Indian Government , illustrated by and interwoven with ...
... tion and gravity of the one , with the or statesman , or student of Indian affairs can safely dispense with or honestly ignore . It is the moral history of North India , and of the Indian Government , illustrated by and interwoven with ...
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... tion ; and no medical aid was nearer than forty miles . " To render the case more distressing , " he wrote , " we were entirely destitute of the only remedies which we believed likely to be effectual . We had no calomel and no lancet ...
... tion ; and no medical aid was nearer than forty miles . " To render the case more distressing , " he wrote , " we were entirely destitute of the only remedies which we believed likely to be effectual . We had no calomel and no lancet ...
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... tion from Lord William Bentinck , who was always in advance of his age ; but the concession was not extended to dissenting soldiers before the month of July , 1839. Mrs. Havelock had in the meantime returned from Cherra - poongee to ...
... tion from Lord William Bentinck , who was always in advance of his age ; but the concession was not extended to dissenting soldiers before the month of July , 1839. Mrs. Havelock had in the meantime returned from Cherra - poongee to ...
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... tion provided which could attract the men from the canteen . In that coffee - room , Havelock was accustomed frequently to address them , with the view of encouraging sobriety and mental improvement . Towards the end of 1836 , the ...
... tion provided which could attract the men from the canteen . In that coffee - room , Havelock was accustomed frequently to address them , with the view of encouraging sobriety and mental improvement . Towards the end of 1836 , the ...
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... tion seemed to hang . At the first streak of dawn he re- quested Havelock to ride down to the gate and bring him tidings of the progress of the project . He reached the spot immediately after the explosion , and , plodding over the ...
... tion seemed to hang . At the first streak of dawn he re- quested Havelock to ride down to the gate and bring him tidings of the progress of the project . He reached the spot immediately after the explosion , and , plodding over the ...
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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.