Journal of an English Officer in IndiaHurst and Blackett, 1858 - Всего страниц: 280 |
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... Fresh inconvenience , however , arose from the hurried orders of the preceding evening . It was quite dark when the baggage could be got upon the ground ; there was no shelter for our men , and no mercy for the miserable bullocks ...
... Fresh inconvenience , however , arose from the hurried orders of the preceding evening . It was quite dark when the baggage could be got upon the ground ; there was no shelter for our men , and no mercy for the miserable bullocks ...
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... fresh engagement was inevitable . It was now past sunset , and our proximity to the enemy's new position exposed us so much to the fire of his heavy guns , that the troops who first appeared in his front were compelled to lie down ...
... fresh engagement was inevitable . It was now past sunset , and our proximity to the enemy's new position exposed us so much to the fire of his heavy guns , that the troops who first appeared in his front were compelled to lie down ...
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... burning for fresh enterprise and panting to relieve our countrymen . The very idea of a retrograde movement filled them with consternation ; its present reality calls forth the first murmurs I have yet heard . 110 JOURNAL OF AN.
... burning for fresh enterprise and panting to relieve our countrymen . The very idea of a retrograde movement filled them with consternation ; its present reality calls forth the first murmurs I have yet heard . 110 JOURNAL OF AN.
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... fresh troops from England , but even if despatched overland , as we are led to expect , two full months must elapse before it is possible for them to arrive here . Threatened as we are on every side , will our little handful of men ...
... fresh troops from England , but even if despatched overland , as we are led to expect , two full months must elapse before it is possible for them to arrive here . Threatened as we are on every side , will our little handful of men ...
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... fresh green leaf , with a spoon to eat them , by my servant , yet , I confess , I had not sufficient enthusiasm in gastronomic research to yield to the temptation . I was , however , in the act of raising some three or four to my lips ...
... fresh green leaf , with a spoon to eat them , by my servant , yet , I confess , I had not sufficient enthusiasm in gastronomic research to yield to the temptation . I was , however , in the act of raising some three or four to my lips ...
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Стр. 16 - Tahiti, and other gems of the sea in that quarter, and from thence to Sydney, marching through the Murray Valley, and inspecting the Adelaide district: From Australia he dashed onward to Java, riding through the interior, and taking a general survey of Batavia, with a glance at Japan and the Japanese.