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After a few weeks in Bengal , the 26th marched to Meerut , and whilst stationed there , he renewed his acquaintance with the late Lord Dalhousie , then Commander - in- Chief , and also made the acquaintance of Lord and Lady William Ben- ...
After a few weeks in Bengal , the 26th marched to Meerut , and whilst stationed there , he renewed his acquaintance with the late Lord Dalhousie , then Commander - in- Chief , and also made the acquaintance of Lord and Lady William Ben- ...
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In 1843 , Colonel Mountain returned to England , married a second time in 1845 , and , having been offered by Lord Dalhousie , who had become Governor - General of India , the appointment of Military Secretary , accepted it and arrived ...
In 1843 , Colonel Mountain returned to England , married a second time in 1845 , and , having been offered by Lord Dalhousie , who had become Governor - General of India , the appointment of Military Secretary , accepted it and arrived ...
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We have given above his own cautious and modest letter to Lord Dalhousie . The following extracts from the newspapers will interest our readers . They are taken from the memoir : - " The 4th brigade was sent against the centre of what ...
We have given above his own cautious and modest letter to Lord Dalhousie . The following extracts from the newspapers will interest our readers . They are taken from the memoir : - " The 4th brigade was sent against the centre of what ...
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Having been confirmed in the post of Adjutant - General , and re- ceived the warm congratulation of his friends , from Lord Dalhousie downwards , the rest of his days were spent till his death in 1854 , in the vigorous and earnest ...
Having been confirmed in the post of Adjutant - General , and re- ceived the warm congratulation of his friends , from Lord Dalhousie downwards , the rest of his days were spent till his death in 1854 , in the vigorous and earnest ...
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selves to find language to set forth the unequalled greatness of Lord Dalhousie , who could never open their mouths about him without trying to persuade us that he was a demi - god . Much lies at the door of poor old Sir Wm . Gomm ...
selves to find language to set forth the unequalled greatness of Lord Dalhousie , who could never open their mouths about him without trying to persuade us that he was a demi - god . Much lies at the door of poor old Sir Wm . Gomm ...
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Page 93 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end.
Page 94 - Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay. There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother- — he their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday...
Page 94 - He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyes Were with his heart, 'and that was far away. He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Daci.an mother, — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday! — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire And unavenged? — Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire!
Page 156 - How best to help the slender store, How mend the dwellings, of the poor; How gain in life, as life advances, Valour and charity more and more.
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Page 331 - On the first day of April, and thereafter monthly, each Division, Camp, or Post Commander shall report to the Adjutant General of the Army, for the information of the Chief of Staff...
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Page 387 - He now repeats that declaration, and he emphatically proclaims that the government of India entertains no desire to interfere with their religion or caste, and that nothing has been, or will be done by the government to affect the free exercise of the observances of religion or caste by every class of the people. The government of India...
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| Title | the calcutta review |
| Author | the calcutta review |
| Published | 1857 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
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