| James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 806 pages
...of the Sultan. Having received the whole of his principal officers, " We have arrived," said he, " at our last stage, what is your determination ? "...To die along with you," was the universal reply.* It was the opinion of this meeting of Tippoo and his friends, that General Harris would not make his... | |
| Mark Wilks - Karnataka (India) - 1817 - 590 pages
...principal officers. " We have arrived (said he) at our last stage (intimating that there was no hope), what is your determination ?" " To die along with you," was the universal reply. After some gloomy consultation, it was the prevailing opinion that the English General would cross... | |
| James Mill - Hindus - 1820 - 650 pages
...of the Sultan. Having received the whole of his principal officers, " We have arrived," said he, " at our last stage, what is your determination ? " " To die along with you," was the unanimous reply.1 It was the opinion of this meeting of Tippoo and his friends, that General Harris... | |
| George Robert Gleig - British - 1835 - 356 pages
...capital. He summoned his chief officers to the presence, and, without circumlocution, said to them, " We have arrived at our last stage, what is your determination ?" — " To die along with you," replied they ; upon which, after determining to intercept the English on their march, and put all to... | |
| Stephen Rumbold Lushington - Generals - 1840 - 596 pages
...with despair. Having assembled the whole of his principal officers, " We have arrived," he said, " at our last stage ; what is your determination ?"..." To die along with you," was the universal reply. That this march was equally judicious and beneficial cannot be doubted; for such was the exhausted... | |
| Stephen Rumbold Lushington - Generals - 1840 - 586 pages
...with despair. Having assembled the whole of his principal officers, " We have arrived," he said, " at our last stage ; what is your determination ?"..." To die along with you," was the universal reply. That this march was equally judicious and beneficial cannot be doubted ; for such was the exhausted... | |
| James William Massie - India - 1840 - 512 pages
...having summoned the whole of his principal officers, " we have arrived at our last stage," said he ; " what is your determination ?" " To die along with you," was the universal reply. Having taken then- determination to find either victory or death, the sultaun and his friends took... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - China - 1842 - 524 pages
...he was filled with despair. Having assembled the whole of his principal officers, he said to them, " We have arrived at our last stage ; what is your determination..." To die along with you," was the universal reply. On the 5th of April, the English army appeared before Seringapatam, and the same evening, Colonels... | |
| Hugh Murray - India - 1850 - 776 pages
...dismay and despondence. Hav- CHAP. xin. ing assembled them in council, he said: — " We have A ^~7799 arrived at our last stage ; what is your determination...death. All present were deeply affected ; one of the Despondency chiefs, before taking leave, threw himself prostrate and "' '"" chie's, clasped the feet... | |
| India - 1852 - 138 pages
...of this movement reached Tippoo, it filled him with alarm, and, assembling his principal officers, he said, "We have arrived at our last stage, — what is your determination ? " The general reply was, " To die with you." He fell back elowly upon Seringapatam, keeping the British... | |
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