Diary of a March Through Sinde and Affghanistan with the Troops Under the Command of General Sir William Nott, K.C.B., &c., and Sermons Delivered on Various Occasions During the Campaign of 1842 |
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Affghanistan Affghans appeared arrived artillery Bala Hissar Bengal N. I. Bheestie blessed body Bolan Pass Bombay Bombay artillery camels camp Captain cavalry Christ christian commanding company of H. M. distance divine service encamped enemy European exceedingly Ferozepore fire force friends Futteh Khan Gate Ghuznee Girishk ground guns H. M. 40th regiment H. M. 41st regiment halt hath Hazarus heart heights Herat holy honour horse Istalif Kabul Kabul River Kandahar killed Kurachee Kwettah Lieutenant light companies Lord Major matchlocks ment mercy mess-tent miles morning musjid Nadir Shah native neral night officers party pass peace Peshawur plain poor prayer Punjab rear rear-guard regiment N. I. river road rocks rode round shot ruined scarcely scene seen sepoys Shah Soojah shot side Sinde Sukkur Sunday tamarisk Tattah tent tion tomb town trees troops unto valley village walls whole wounded
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Page 415 - And he led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city of habitation.
Page 383 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Page 304 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight, the osier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow- wreaths to stone.
Page 427 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 379 - Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else.
Page 382 - And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Page 406 - For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 386 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 442 - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him ? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Page 379 - Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LOBD thy God giveth thee, for ever.