The Cornhill Magazine, Količine 9–10;Količina 83;Količina 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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Stran 51
... guns to professionals . They rejected the ' pom - pom and they gave us field pieces with half the range of those of our opponents . A civilian should certainly express his opinion tem- perately , and be prepared to give his reasons ...
... guns to professionals . They rejected the ' pom - pom and they gave us field pieces with half the range of those of our opponents . A civilian should certainly express his opinion tem- perately , and be prepared to give his reasons ...
Stran 58
... gun and the instant destruction of the dangerous saurian , while the officers vastly admired the accuracy of aim . Whether or no this acci- dental success contributed to it I know not , but I enjoyed increased favour from that time ...
... gun and the instant destruction of the dangerous saurian , while the officers vastly admired the accuracy of aim . Whether or no this acci- dental success contributed to it I know not , but I enjoyed increased favour from that time ...
Stran 93
... gun to his own breast , thrust his naked toe into the trigger , and fell , self- shot . He survived to be hanged , with due official ceremonies , seven days afterwards . It was a true instinct which , after this , taught the British ...
... gun to his own breast , thrust his naked toe into the trigger , and fell , self- shot . He survived to be hanged , with due official ceremonies , seven days afterwards . It was a true instinct which , after this , taught the British ...
Stran 105
... guns or beat of trampling hoofs to tell of British artillery and sabres appearing on the scene . The general was asleep , or in- different , or frightened , or helpless through sheer want of purpose or of brains ! Finnis , who saw that ...
... guns or beat of trampling hoofs to tell of British artillery and sabres appearing on the scene . The general was asleep , or in- different , or frightened , or helpless through sheer want of purpose or of brains ! Finnis , who saw that ...
Stran 107
... guns out- side the gates of Delhi might have saved that city . It might , indeed , have arrested the Great Mutiny . But all India waited , listening in vain for the sound of Hewitt's cannon . The divisional commander was reposing in his ...
... guns out- side the gates of Delhi might have saved that city . It might , indeed , have arrested the Great Mutiny . But all India waited , listening in vain for the sound of Hewitt's cannon . The divisional commander was reposing in his ...
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