Lord LawrenceMacmillan and Company, 1889 - Всего страниц: 203 |
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administration affairs Afghan Afghanistan afterwards amidst Amir anxious appointed army autumn became Bengal Board Bombay British Government British rule brother Henry Calcutta capital career caused chapter character Chief Commissioner civil command Council crisis Delhi despatch disarmed districts Dost Mahommed Durbar duty Edwardes effect eminent empire England English Etawah European officers European troops evinced favour felt force Foyle Foyle College friends Government of India Governor Governor-General Himalayan honour important Indus interest John Lawrence JOHN MORLEY Jumna knew labour Lahore land London Lord Dalhousie Lord Lawrence Lucknow ment military mind months Mooltan Murri Mutinies Native never opinion organised Oude Peshawur political position province Punjab received regarding revenue schools Secretary Sepoys Sikh Simla sister Letitia sojourn soldiers soon station success summer Sutlej territory thought thousand tion Trans-Indus Frontier Trans-Sutlej tribes Umballa Viceroy W. H. Smith Warren Hastings
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Стр. 105 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,* Straining upon the start. The game's afoot ; Follow your spirit : and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint George ! [Exeunt . Alarum, and Chambers go off.
Стр. 137 - The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves; a road To bring us daily nearer God.
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Стр. 99 - ... given you the means of living comfortably in your homes. Those who have studied history know •well that no army has ever been more kindly treated than that of India. " Those regiments which now remain faithful will receive the rewards due to their constancy ; those soldiers who fall away now will lose their service for ever. It will be too late to lament hereafter when the time has passed by ; — now is the opportunity of proving your loyalty and good faith. The British Government will never...
Стр. 177 - Should a foreign Power, such as Russia, ever seriously think of invading India from without, or, what is more probable, of stirring up the elements of disaffection or anarchy within it, our true policy, our strongest security, would then, we conceive, be found to lie in previous abstinence from entanglements at either Cabul, Candahar, or any similar outpost...
Стр. 74 - He is possessed by a commanding spirit, And his too is the station of command. And well for us it is so ! There exist Few fit to rule themselves, but few that use Their intellects intelligently. — Then 'Well for the whole, if there be found a man, Who makes himself what nature destined him, The pause, the central point to thousand thousands — Stands fixed and stately, like a firm-built column, 'Where all may press with joy and confidence.
Стр. 178 - The Afghan is courageous, hardy, and independent ; the country he lives in is strong and sterile in a remarkable degree, extraordinarily adapted for guerilla warfare ; these people will never cease to resist so long as they have a hope of success, and, when beaten down, they have that kind of elasticity which will ever lead them to renew the struggle whenever opportunity of so doing may occur.
Стр. 173 - Frail were the works that defended the hold that we held with our lives — Women and children among us, God help them, our children and wives! Hold it we might — and for fifteen days or for twenty at most. 'Never surrender, I charge you, but every man die at his post!
Стр. 187 - That in the Schools provided by the Board the Bible shall be read, and there shall be given such explanations, and such instructions therefrom in the principles of morality and religion as are suited to the capacities of children ; provided always (a) that in such explanations and instruction the provisions of the Act in sees.
Стр. 177 - Candahar, or any similar outpost ; in full reliance on a compact, highly equipped, and disciplined army stationed within our own territories or on our own border ; in the contentment, if not in the attachment, of the masses ; in the sense of security of title and possession, with which our whole policy is gradually...