Soldier and Traveller: Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the Service of Maharaja Ranjit SinghW. Blackwood, 1898 - 359 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 36
Página 16
... reached the age of twelve , when ( no doubt at the desire of their mother ) they went successively to the Jesuit school at St Xavier . As was natural , Gardner , when recording his early recollections , had no very definite memories of ...
... reached the age of twelve , when ( no doubt at the desire of their mother ) they went successively to the Jesuit school at St Xavier . As was natural , Gardner , when recording his early recollections , had no very definite memories of ...
Página 22
... reached Gardner's French and German friends which decided them on going with him to Astrakhan . They therefore embarked at Trebizond Russian craft bound for a small port at the northern base of the Caucasus . From this place Gardner ...
... reached Gardner's French and German friends which decided them on going with him to Astrakhan . They therefore embarked at Trebizond Russian craft bound for a small port at the northern base of the Caucasus . From this place Gardner ...
Página 28
... first destination . Arrived there , or near there , we intended to break off into small parties which could make their own arrangements for reaching their homes . Most of us were provided with 54 50 40 62 66 Kara tagh 70 74 78.
... first destination . Arrived there , or near there , we intended to break off into small parties which could make their own arrangements for reaching their homes . Most of us were provided with 54 50 40 62 66 Kara tagh 70 74 78.
Página 35
... reached a town called Nack , distant some miles from Merve , and there met a party of five slave - dealers from the north . While we were inquiring particulars of the country through which they had travelled , these men opened a shy con ...
... reached a town called Nack , distant some miles from Merve , and there met a party of five slave - dealers from the north . While we were inquiring particulars of the country through which they had travelled , these men opened a shy con ...
Página 43
... reached Astrakhan without further ad- venture , and there had the good fortune to meet a relation and friend , in the person of M. Dela- roche , the son of one of Gardner's maternal aunts . M. Delaroche , who had been a great traveller ...
... reached Astrakhan without further ad- venture , and there had the good fortune to meet a relation and friend , in the person of M. Dela- roche , the son of one of Gardner's maternal aunts . M. Delaroche , who had been a great traveller ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Soldier and Traveller: Memories [i.e. Memoirs] of Alexander Gardner, Colonel ... Alexander Haughton Campbell Gardner Visualização de excertos - 1970 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 9 - CRAWFORD. The Doctrine of Holy Scripture respecting the Atonement. By the late THOMAS J. CRAWFORD, DD, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. Fifth Edition.
Página 23 - Svo, cloth, 6s. Piccadilly. With Illustrations by Richard Doyle. New Edition, 3s. 6d. Cheap Edition, boards, 2s. 6d. Traits and Travesties ; Social and Political. Post Svo, 10s. 6d. Episodes in a Life of Adventure ; or, Moss from a Rolling Stone.
Página 23 - With Excursions in the Lebanon. With Illustrations and Maps. Demy 8vo, 21s. Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant, and of Alice Oliphant, his Wife.
Página 30 - TULLOCH. Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century. By JOHN TULLOCH, DD, Principal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews ; and one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. Second Edition. 2 vols.
Página 9 - Text-Book of Military Law. Compiled chiefly to assist Officers preparing for Examination ; also for all Officers of the Regular and Auxiliary Forces. Comprising also a Synopsis of part of the Army Act. By Major F. COCHRAN, Hampshire Regiment Garrison Instructor, North British District. Crown Svo, 7s. 6d. COLQUHOUN. The Moor and the Loch.
Página 28 - A Discourse on Ethics,' &c. A New Edition. Crown 8vo, IDS. 6d. Gravenhurst ; or, Thoughts on Good and Evil. Second Edition, with Memoir of the Author. Crown 8vo, 8s. A Discourse on Ethics of the School of Paley.
Página 18 - Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century. Crown 8vo, 4s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Spain in the Sixteenth Century. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. Sermons, and Review of the
Página 26 - Sixth Edition. 6d. Employment of Women in the Public Service. 6d. Some of the Advantages of Easily Accessible Reading and Recreation Rooms and Free Libraries.
Página 10 - ELIOT. George Eliot's Life, Related in her Letters and Journals. Arranged and Edited by her husband, JW CROSS.
Página 5 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J.