Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of IndiaReprinted for John Stockdale, 1805 - 383 pages |
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Page 113
... spirit highly praiseworthy . In the feik army , the modes of payment are various but the most common is at the time of harvest , when every foldier receives the amount of his pay in grain and other articles , the produce of the country ...
... spirit highly praiseworthy . In the feik army , the modes of payment are various but the most common is at the time of harvest , when every foldier receives the amount of his pay in grain and other articles , the produce of the country ...
Page 128
... spirit , that we hope to be pardoned in presenting our readers with an extract from this valuable work , which , it is much to be regretted , has not hitherto been given to our countrymen in an English drefs . * Vide Kampfer's ...
... spirit , that we hope to be pardoned in presenting our readers with an extract from this valuable work , which , it is much to be regretted , has not hitherto been given to our countrymen in an English drefs . * Vide Kampfer's ...
Page 135
... spirit scarcely to be paralleled , obtain a fituation seldom equalled by the most fortunate ; we must next proceed to trace the causes and describe the progress of those events which led to a decline of his authority , and in the end ...
... spirit scarcely to be paralleled , obtain a fituation seldom equalled by the most fortunate ; we must next proceed to trace the causes and describe the progress of those events which led to a decline of his authority , and in the end ...
Page 138
... spirit , and do not think poverty any difhonour : on the contrary they will often affert in converfa- tion , that provided a person shall conduct him- felf with propriety towards his neighbours , he , whether poffeffed of riches or not ...
... spirit , and do not think poverty any difhonour : on the contrary they will often affert in converfa- tion , that provided a person shall conduct him- felf with propriety towards his neighbours , he , whether poffeffed of riches or not ...
Page 145
... spirit which alone excites to the performance of great actions . In justification of the rajah's measures in this inftance , it has however been afferted by fome , that the difference of caft and condition makes none in refpect to ...
... spirit which alone excites to the performance of great actions . In justification of the rajah's measures in this inftance , it has however been afferted by fome , that the difference of caft and condition makes none in refpect to ...
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affiftance againſt Ali Merdan almoſt Ambajee Appa Appakandarow army arrival attack Bappoo battalions Batties Begum Beykaneer camp caufe cauſe cavalry chief cofs command compelled confequence confiderable confifting cuſtom defert Delhi diſtricts Dooab enemy enemy's eſtabliſhed feiks fent fervice feven feveral fiege fingular firſt fituation foldiers fome foon force fouth fpirit ftate ftationed ftill fupply garrifon Ghur Hanfi himſelf Hindooftan hoftilities Holkar horfes horſes hundred Hurrianah India infantry inhabitants intereſting Jaghire Jauts Joudpoor Jyjur Jypore Khan lacks of rupees Lahore late likewife lofs Luckwa Mahratta matchlocks Mewar moſt neceffary neighbouring occafion Oudipoor Panniput Patan Pattialah perfon poffeffed poffeffion preſent prince provifions puniſh Punjab purpoſe raiſed rajah Rajepoots refidence refolution refpective retreat Rhatore Rohillas rupees Scindiah Seiks ſeveral Shah ſhould Sing ſmall ſtate ſtill Sutledge thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas Thomas's thoſe thouſand tion town troops uſe Vavon Row weft whofe
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