Soldier and Traveller: Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the Service of Maharaja Ranjit SinghW. Blackwood, 1898 - 359 páginas |
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... evidently possessed a power of narration and description in a high degree - clear in facts , graphic in touches of detail , picturesque invari- INTRODUCTION . XV ably - applicable equally to human motive xiv INTRODUCTION .
... evidently possessed a power of narration and description in a high degree - clear in facts , graphic in touches of detail , picturesque invari- INTRODUCTION . XV ably - applicable equally to human motive xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... fact must be , that Gulab Singh had been so inured to the com- mission of crime , and Gardner to the sight of it , that both had ceased to be horrified by it . There- fore the one did not hesitate to impute it , nor did the other mind ...
... fact must be , that Gulab Singh had been so inured to the com- mission of crime , and Gardner to the sight of it , that both had ceased to be horrified by it . There- fore the one did not hesitate to impute it , nor did the other mind ...
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... fact that his rough draft of Gardner's travels , as far as the point where Gardner left the Pamirs , was corrected throughout by Gardner himself ; and therefore it may be assumed that the traveller accepted the draft as a faithful ...
... fact that his rough draft of Gardner's travels , as far as the point where Gardner left the Pamirs , was corrected throughout by Gardner himself ; and therefore it may be assumed that the traveller accepted the draft as a faithful ...
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... fact , so carelessly put to- gether , and so barbarously mangled by native printers , that its publication permanently injured Gardner's reputation , and even caused many per- sons to express their disbelief that he had ever visited the ...
... fact , so carelessly put to- gether , and so barbarously mangled by native printers , that its publication permanently injured Gardner's reputation , and even caused many per- sons to express their disbelief that he had ever visited the ...
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... Chitral , being , in fact , the only Englishman up to the present time ( 1872 ) who has ever per- formed the journey throughout . These remarks of Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir Henry Yule were written , it must be remembered ,
... Chitral , being , in fact , the only Englishman up to the present time ( 1872 ) who has ever per- formed the journey throughout . These remarks of Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir Henry Yule were written , it must be remembered ,
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Soldier and Traveller: Memories [i.e. Memoirs] of Alexander Gardner, Colonel ... Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner Visualização de excertos - 1970 |
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adventurer Afghan Afghanistan Allard Amir arrived artillery attacked Author Avitabile Badakshan Bolor British brother Captain cavalry Cheaper Edition chief Chitral cloth Colonel Gardner command Court Crown 8vo death Demy 8vo Dogra Dost Muhammad Khan English Fcap French Gulab Singh guns Habib-ulla Khan hand Harlan Hazara Hindu Kush Hira Singh History honour horses India Indus infantry Jammu Jindan JOHN journey Kabul Kafiristan Kafirs Kashmir Khaibar Khalsa Kharrak Singh Kirghiz Kunduz Lahore LL.D Maharaja Ranjit Singh Maharaja Sher Singh Minister mountain Muhammadan murdered Nao Nihal Singh officers OLIPHANT Pamir Panjab party passed Peshawar Portrait Post 8vo Prince Professor Raja Dhyan Singh regiment regions returned Revised river Royal ruler rupees sardars Scotland Second Edition Shah Sher Singh Shighnan Sikh army Sir Henry soldier Suchet Singh sword Syad Ahmad Therbah Third Edition took travelling tribe troops Urd Khan Ventura vols Wazirabad William Blackwood Yarkand
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