 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1843 - 752 pages
...the self-same region, and in the midst of similar scenes, that which one of the greatest of anciemt conquerors, 2,300 years ago, was displaying his power,...phalanx, when they had to encounter and overcome the difculties of the same terrible region — to cross the very same rivers, to force tbe very same passes.... | |
 | Robert Peel - Great Britain - 1853 - 874 pages
...self-same region, and in the midst of similar scenes, that one of the greatest of ancient conquerors, 2.300 years ago, was displaying his power, and encountering the same difficulties that for a time (itpressed the spirit and damped the courage of our Sepoys. And I was struck by the account given by... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1873 - 612 pages
...had been exposed — when they declared their readiness to meet any enemy in the open field — when they said, ' We will advance to Jellalabad for the...overcome the difficulties of the same terrible region, to crpss the very same rivers, to force the very same passes. " Amidst these very rivers of the Punjaub... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - India - 1873 - 610 pages
...too harshly of these men, when it considers the noble manner in which they retrieved their chnracter. If we wanted anything else to add to the interest...Sepoys. And I was struck by the account given by the Koman historian of the dejection which prevailed even in the ranks of the Macedonian phalanx, when... | |
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If we wanted anything else to add to the interest of these scenes, it would be found in their association with the ancient history of the world. I was struck by the recollection that it was in the self-same region, and in the midst of similar scenes,... 