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 51
... most of them were cut to pieces . " Scarcely however had Mr. Thomas com- pleted the objects of his march , when he re- ceived letters from Appa , of a tendency most unpromifing : in thefe , Appa , after defcanting on his finances , the ...
... most of them were cut to pieces . " Scarcely however had Mr. Thomas com- pleted the objects of his march , when he re- ceived letters from Appa , of a tendency most unpromifing : in thefe , Appa , after defcanting on his finances , the ...
Page 68
... most fublime profpect . The large jagged maffes , broken into a variety of irregular shapes , added to their ftupendous height , imprefs the mind with an idea of antiquity and grandeur coeval with the creation , and the eternal froft ...
... most fublime profpect . The large jagged maffes , broken into a variety of irregular shapes , added to their ftupendous height , imprefs the mind with an idea of antiquity and grandeur coeval with the creation , and the eternal froft ...
Page 76
... most express injunctions to fight the feiks wherever he might come up with them in the Mahratta territories . Agreeably to these inftructions , Mr. Thomas loft no time in repairing to Jyjur ; from whence , croffing the Jumna to the ...
... most express injunctions to fight the feiks wherever he might come up with them in the Mahratta territories . Agreeably to these inftructions , Mr. Thomas loft no time in repairing to Jyjur ; from whence , croffing the Jumna to the ...
Page 82
... most of them , during the troubles which have fubfifted in the upper provinces , have long fince been confifcated . * The arithmetical verse called ABJUD , consists of the letters of the Arabic alphabet joined together so as to form ...
... most of them , during the troubles which have fubfifted in the upper provinces , have long fince been confifcated . * The arithmetical verse called ABJUD , consists of the letters of the Arabic alphabet joined together so as to form ...
Page 84
... most surprising benefit in the cultivation of their lands . This noble canal * runs in a direction from north to fouth , and is in general about ten miles diftant from the Jumna , until it joins It is called by the natives NEHUR ...
... most surprising benefit in the cultivation of their lands . This noble canal * runs in a direction from north to fouth , and is in general about ten miles diftant from the Jumna , until it joins It is called by the natives NEHUR ...
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