 | J. Duguid - India - 1874 - 320 pages
...for resolute, immediate, anil decisive measures. It ill suited such an oftieer tamely to submit to indignities inflicted upon the British government,...of intended good-nature. With these views Colonel .Mnekeson ruled the frontier ; he was greatly respected, but, probably, was dreaded by the fanaties... | |
 | India - 1874 - 328 pages
...inHicted upon the liritith government, of which he was the representative. He well knew the cliameter of the people he had been cast amongst, and he knew...pusillanimous measures were not measures of humanity, bnt the reverse, always tending, in the end, to disaster and destruction. He knew that the natives... | |
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It ill suited such an officer tamely to submit to such indignities, inflicted upon the British Government, of which he was the representative. He well knew the character of the people he had been cast amongst, and he knew that imbecile and pusillanimous... 