The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 9
... Guns he had , it is true , but not in a condition to move them through a difficult country . Even when the revolt was wide spread , and victory was closer to the Sikhs than it had been to any native power we have met in India , to hold ...
... Guns he had , it is true , but not in a condition to move them through a difficult country . Even when the revolt was wide spread , and victory was closer to the Sikhs than it had been to any native power we have met in India , to hold ...
Page 57
... gun . The knife of the assassin is , we know , the legitimate instrument sanctioned by poetry and romance , and it has the advantage of rhyming with " life , " which a gun cannot possibly do . We suspect that our author is not far wrong ...
... gun . The knife of the assassin is , we know , the legitimate instrument sanctioned by poetry and romance , and it has the advantage of rhyming with " life , " which a gun cannot possibly do . We suspect that our author is not far wrong ...
Page 66
... gun ; Full soon has the work of wrath begun ; A fearful crash ! a well - aimed ball Hath shattering rent the chamber wall ; Another boom , and the echoes tell The rushing flight of the death - winged shell ! Up - spring the Khans— and ...
... gun ; Full soon has the work of wrath begun ; A fearful crash ! a well - aimed ball Hath shattering rent the chamber wall ; Another boom , and the echoes tell The rushing flight of the death - winged shell ! Up - spring the Khans— and ...
Page 285
... gun , as if on a shooting excursion , sallied forth from the mount early one morning , before a soul was ' moving - in fact before the morning - gun was fired . The ' guard originally stationed over the gibbet had been removed some time ...
... gun , as if on a shooting excursion , sallied forth from the mount early one morning , before a soul was ' moving - in fact before the morning - gun was fired . The ' guard originally stationed over the gibbet had been removed some time ...
Page 302
... guns could have shaken his hold on these important points . Shah Shuja might possibly , with such a bit in the mouths of the people and with conciliatory conduct towards the chiefs , for whose restless but petty ambition he could have ...
... guns could have shaken his hold on these important points . Shah Shuja might possibly , with such a bit in the mouths of the people and with conciliatory conduct towards the chiefs , for whose restless but petty ambition he could have ...
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