 | Basil Jackson - 1840 - 548 pages
...and to make a secret bargain to have it _ taken away, are very different things : the one is 1800. to be done ; the other, in my opinion, cannot by an officer at the head of the troops." On the 10th of July the greater part of the army had crossed the Werdah ; but in the hurry of the camp... | |
 | Basil Jackson, Charles Rochfort Scott - Great Britain - 1840 - 546 pages
...make a secret bargain to have it IV _____ taken away, are very different things : the one is 1800. to be done ; the other, in my opinion, cannot by an officer at the head of the troops." On the 10th of July the greater part of the army had crossed the Werdah ; but in the hurry of the camp... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...public reward by proclamation for a man's life, and to make a secret bargain to have it taken away, arc very different things : the one is to be done, the...cannot, by an officer at the head of the troops."* Throwing a bridge over the river Werdah, and constructing a redoubt for its security, Wellesley stretched... | |
 | Military art and science - 1847 - 516 pages
...with the enemy. 518 TUR PRESENT WAR IN KAFIHLANO. fU'C. reward by proclamation for a man's life, and to have it taken away, are very different things:...in my opinion, cannot by an officer at the head of troops*." There is undoubtedly a superstitious reverence attached to the name of chief in Kafirland... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Gran Bretanya - 1851 - 994 pages
...in all civilized societies.' 13. To Lieut. Col. Close. Camp right of the Werdah, 8th July, 1800. ' I received your packet of the 4th last night. A man...arrangements for crossing the river, and I hope that 1 shall have every thing over in a day or two. I have made a bridge which answers perfectly for foot... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Gran Bretanya - 1851 - 1038 pages
...in all civilized societies.' 13. To Lieut. Col. Close. Camp right of the Werdah, 8th July, 1800. ' I received your packet of the 4th last night. A man...one is to be done, the other, in my opinion, cannot, bv an officer at the head of the troops. I have made my arrangements for crossing the river, and I... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1851 - 1026 pages
...man's life, and to make a secret bargain to have it taken away, are very different things ; the ode is to be done, the other, in my opinion, cannot, by...arrangements for crossing the river, and I hope that 1 shall have every thing over in a day or two. I have made a bridge which answers perfectly for foot... | |
 | 1852 - 220 pages
...reward by proclamation for a man's life, and to make a secret bargain to have it taken away, are two different things; the one is to be done; the other,...in my opinion, cannot, by an officer at the head of his troops." The contest was continued, therefore, on even terms. More than once did the British commander... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 372 pages
...reward by proclamation for a man's life, and to make a secret bargain to have it taken away, are two different things : the one is to be done ; the other,...in my opinion, cannot, by an officer at the head of his troops." The contest was continued, therefore, on even terms. More than once did the British commander... | |
 | 1853 - 582 pages
...reward by proclamation for a man's life, and to make a secret bargain to have it taken away, are two different things : the one is to be done ; the other,...in my opinion, cannot by an officer at the head of his troops." The distinction after all is not very obvious. It appears, however, to be this — the... | |
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To offer a public reward by proclamation for a man's life, and to make a secret bargain to have it taken away, are very different things ; the one is to be done, the other, in my opinion, cannot, by an officer at the head of the troops. 
