Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepaul, Том 2Colburn, 1852 |
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... complete battalions now established there , besides irregulars , and two pieces of field artillery had been brought up and placed in position , to say nothing of the works hastily prepared . The élite of the Nepaulese army were in this ...
... complete battalions now established there , besides irregulars , and two pieces of field artillery had been brought up and placed in position , to say nothing of the works hastily prepared . The élite of the Nepaulese army were in this ...
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... nearly to a general action than any event that occurred in the campaign , and it was a proud triumph to the officers of the Indian army to have achieved so complete a victory on ground which gave 12 MEMORIALS OF NEPAUL .
... nearly to a general action than any event that occurred in the campaign , and it was a proud triumph to the officers of the Indian army to have achieved so complete a victory on ground which gave 12 MEMORIALS OF NEPAUL .
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Thomas Smith (Captain.) have achieved so complete a victory on ground which gave such great advantages to the enemy , and with numbers so nearly equal , for not one half of Sir David's army were engaged . The dispositions for the ...
Thomas Smith (Captain.) have achieved so complete a victory on ground which gave such great advantages to the enemy , and with numbers so nearly equal , for not one half of Sir David's army were engaged . The dispositions for the ...
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... complete without their presence . And this is as it should be . They visited our shores dona ferentes ; they have spent their money among us with a liberality amounting to profusion , and they have received our hospitalities with a full ...
... complete without their presence . And this is as it should be . They visited our shores dona ferentes ; they have spent their money among us with a liberality amounting to profusion , and they have received our hospitalities with a full ...
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... complete , as that of the bowl of a meerschaum ; brown supervenes upon yellow , and bronze upon brown , until , as in some specimens we have seen , to such complexion does he come at last , ' that an ayah might as reasonably hope to be ...
... complete , as that of the bowl of a meerschaum ; brown supervenes upon yellow , and bronze upon brown , until , as in some specimens we have seen , to such complexion does he come at last , ' that an ayah might as reasonably hope to be ...
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