The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 72
... hope and glory , but who had nevertheless attained the zenith of affectionate esteem in the hearts of all his comrades , and of the veteran soldier , who slept beside him , it was a matter of somewhat mournful gratulation , that scarce ...
... hope and glory , but who had nevertheless attained the zenith of affectionate esteem in the hearts of all his comrades , and of the veteran soldier , who slept beside him , it was a matter of somewhat mournful gratulation , that scarce ...
Page 82
... hope at some future day of themselves attaining the honours of matrimony . At that period , there were eighty - seven widows in receipt of pensionary stipends from the Fund ; and it possessed about nine and a half lakhs of reserve ...
... hope at some future day of themselves attaining the honours of matrimony . At that period , there were eighty - seven widows in receipt of pensionary stipends from the Fund ; and it possessed about nine and a half lakhs of reserve ...
Page 85
... hope to reach the command of a regiment . The conclusion is evident . If the officers of the Indian army wish to reach the higher ranks in a reasonable time , it must be by their own exertions , and by some extraneous aids to promotion ...
... hope to reach the command of a regiment . The conclusion is evident . If the officers of the Indian army wish to reach the higher ranks in a reasonable time , it must be by their own exertions , and by some extraneous aids to promotion ...
Page 86
... hope to diminish the obstacles to promo . tion , or to remedy the wretched stagnation of all advance- ment to rank in an army , which , when speaking of its physical efficiency , and the prospect of early retirement to Europe , with the ...
... hope to diminish the obstacles to promo . tion , or to remedy the wretched stagnation of all advance- ment to rank in an army , which , when speaking of its physical efficiency , and the prospect of early retirement to Europe , with the ...
Page 128
... hope then that in the same way all the most vivid expectations of the projectors of our railway will ere long be far more than realized , and all the fears of the croakers converted into matter of amuse- ment ? Ethnologists talk of the ...
... hope then that in the same way all the most vivid expectations of the projectors of our railway will ere long be far more than realized , and all the fears of the croakers converted into matter of amuse- ment ? Ethnologists talk of the ...
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