Life of Sir Henry Lawrence, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1872 - Colonial administrators |
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Page 148 - As from his lair the wild beast where he wons In" forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den...
Page 239 - All the King's horses and all the King's men Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Page 238 - The Governor-General confidently hopes that the Shah will be speedily replaced on his throne by his own subjects and adherents ; and when once he shall be secured in power, and the independence and integrity of Afghanistan established, the British army will be withdrawn.
Page 111 - God ; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Page 445 - on June 2nd, and does any sane man doubt that twenty-four hours would swell the hundreds of rebels into thousands, and in a week every ploughshare in the Delhi States would be turned into a sword ? And when a sufficient force had been mustered, which...
Page 165 - The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her — she will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Page 196 - ... having refused to accept challenges, as they will only have acted in obedience to the law, and have done their duty as good soldiers, who subject themselves to discipline.
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Page 340 - Success in relieving these troops will raise for this force the admiration and gratitude of all India, and the Major-General commanding feels assured that officers and men will cheerfully make any sacrifices to attain so noble an object. He therefore now calls upon the Brigadiers to assemble the commanding officers under their orders, and determine on the least quantity of baggage and the smallest number of camp-followers with which their regiments can advance.
Page 10 - I should say," he wrote years later, "that on the whole we derived most of our mettle from our father. Both my father and mother possessed much character. She had great administrative qualities. She kept the family together, and brought us all up on very slender means. She kept the purse, and managed all domestic affairs. . . . When I was coming out to India, my poor old mother made me a speech somewhat to the following effect :— ' I know you don't like advice, so I will not give you much. But...