| India - 1844 - 606 pages
...precepts with fatal sincerity, and died the death of Sardanapalus, on the funeral pire of his home : — " For some time after the capture of the city, the fate...this gallant man. After haranguing his troops, he hadmounted his hone, and placing himself at their head, led them to the ground upon which their desperate... | |
| English literature - 1844 - 596 pages
...slain, and none of the woundeJ Tartars who had been removed to our hospitals had seen him since thelast desperate stand made by the remnant of the garrison...his troops, he had mounted his horse, and placing hinuelf at their head, led them to the ground upon which their desperate attack upon the 18th and I9th... | |
| India - 1846 - 626 pages
...since the last desperate stand made by the remnant of the garrison among the gardens and Enclosures. At length, however, Mr. Morrison, the interpreter,...elicited the particulars of the fate of this gallant man. A sacrifice such as this, would in the darker ages of the world, have entitled the hero who thus devoted... | |
| Frank Brinkley - China - 1902 - 386 pages
...of the brave General Hailing, who had so nobly conducted its defence, was uncertain. ... At length Mr. Morrison, the interpreter, discovered a man who...placing himself at their head, led them to the ground where their desperate attack upon the i8th and 49th regiments was made; thence, seeing that the main... | |
| Frank Brinkley - Art - 1904 - 368 pages
...of the brave General Hailing, who had so nobly conducted its defence, was uncertain. ... At length Mr. Morrison, the interpreter, discovered a man who...placing himself at their head, led them to the ground where their desperate attack upon the i8th and 49th regiments was made; thence, seeing that the main... | |
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