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Thus the nabob was stood on the top of a high hill , or rather rock , deprived of all
his fortified places , his army was situated on the bank of the Ganges , by which it
reduced to a small body , and himself obliged to could be constantly supplied ...
Thus the nabob was stood on the top of a high hill , or rather rock , deprived of all
his fortified places , his army was situated on the bank of the Ganges , by which it
reduced to a small body , and himself obliged to could be constantly supplied ...
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At last the Indian army was totally of this victory , he no sooner heard a report of
defeated , and driven from every post it had Sir Hector Munro's march to attack
hin , than he occupied ; though , from the obstinate resistleft his camp in the
utmost ...
At last the Indian army was totally of this victory , he no sooner heard a report of
defeated , and driven from every post it had Sir Hector Munro's march to attack
hin , than he occupied ; though , from the obstinate resistleft his camp in the
utmost ...
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The discontents of the army were rapine that disgraced the victors ; among whom
, now carried to the utinust height ; and the conat the same time , great
discontents arose con - test became so serious , that colonels Macleod , cerning
the ...
The discontents of the army were rapine that disgraced the victors ; among whom
, now carried to the utinust height ; and the conat the same time , great
discontents arose con - test became so serious , that colonels Macleod , cerning
the ...
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Meantime a detachment barrier against Tippoo's encroachnients on their from the
Bombay army , under lieutenant - colonel settlement at Cochin . The rajah gave
farther Hartley , rendered great service to the rajah of offence to the sultan , by ...
Meantime a detachment barrier against Tippoo's encroachnients on their from the
Bombay army , under lieutenant - colonel settlement at Cochin . The rajah gave
farther Hartley , rendered great service to the rajah of offence to the sultan , by ...
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On the 10th of December he sept another letter on the 25th the British army
encamped five to the same purpose ' ; and on the 1jth received miles east of
Mullavelly ; and on the 27th came a reply from the Sulian , wherein be expressed
within ...
On the 10th of December he sept another letter on the 25th the British army
encamped five to the same purpose ' ; and on the 1jth received miles east of
Mullavelly ; and on the 27th came a reply from the Sulian , wherein be expressed
within ...
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Página 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Página 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Página 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Página 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Página 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Página 738 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Página 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 2,Volume 11 |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 18 Abr 2006 |
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