Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th RegimentT. F, Unwin, 1890 - 386 σελίδες |
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87th regiment afterwards arms army arrived ascend barracks bastion battery beautiful began Bhurtpore bosom brave camp Cape Town captain cavalry Cawnpore colonel command commenced comrades corps creatures David Ochterlony dead Deig dreadful drum-major duty elephant encampment enemy escape Father Murphy feelings fight fire following morning foot Fort William fugleman garrison ghaut guns hand head heard heart hill Holkar honour horses hour hundred India JOHN SHIPP keeledar killed kind legs Lieutenant looked Lord Lake manner matchlock MEMOIRS OF JOHN miles native never night o'clock obliged officer orders palanquin party passed Pindaree War Pindarees piquet poor rajah reached replied returned river round Saxmundham scarcely scene Scindia seemed seen sergeant shells ship shot side siege sight soldiers soon stood storm supposed thought tion took town troops twenty village whole wounded yards
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Σελίδα 106 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Σελίδα 174 - He looked up, shook his head ; and, when forced by his driver, he roared piteously. There can be no question, in my opinion, that this sagacious animal was competent instinctively to judge of the practicability of the artificial flight of steps thus constructed ; for, the moment some little alteration had been made, he seemed willing to approach. He then commenced his examination and scrutiny, by pressing with his trunk the trees that had been thrown across ; and, after this, he put his fore-leg...
Σελίδα 102 - I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand, As if a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
Σελίδα 62 - ... else they could lay their claws on. A poor woman, a soldier's wife, had washed her blanket and hung it out to dry, when some of these miscreants, who were ever on the watch, stole it, and ran off with it into the hills, which are high and woody. This drew upon them the indignation of the regiment, and we formed a strong party, armed with sticks and stones, to attack them, with the view of recovering the property, and inflicting such chastise^ ment as might be a warning to them for the future.
Σελίδα 174 - but all these endearing appellations, of which elephants are so fond, would not induce him to try again. Force was at length resorted to, and the elephant roared terrifically, but would not move. Something was then removed ; he seemed satisfied, as before ; and he in time ascended that stupendous ghaut.
Σελίδα 251 - ... seemed unintimidated, and played with its trunk. From this moment the animal became passive and quiet, and always seemed most delighted when the little orphan was within its sight. Often have I gone with others of the camp to see him fondling his little adopted ; but there was a visible alteration in health after his keeper's death, and he fell away, and died at Cawnpore six months afterwards ; — people well acquainted with the history of the elephant, and who knew the story, did not scruple...
Σελίδα 92 - I marched, my ears extended wide to catch the most distant sound. I struck into a wide street, and, marching on tiptoe, passed two or three poor solitary bullocks, who were dying for want of food. These startled me for the moment, but not another creature could I see. I at one time thought I heard voices, and that I could see a blue light burning on the fort, from which I inferred that I was getting pretty close to it. Just as I had made up my mind that this must be the case, I distinctly heard a...
Σελίδα 63 - blood ' in Bond Street not half so prepossessing in his appearance. We then started him up the hill, though he seemed rather reluctant to leave us. Some of his companions came down to meet him ; but, from the alteration which shaving his head and face had made in him, they MONKEY TRICKS.
Σελίδα 250 - ... two years old, the daughter of the keeper whom he had killed. The elephant seized the child round the waist as gently as its mother would, lifted it from the ground, and caressed and fondled it for some time, every beholder trembling for its safety, and expecting every moment it would share the fate of its unfortunate father; but the sagacious animal, having turned the child round three times, quietly laid it down again, and drew some clothing over it that had fallen off. After this it stood...
Σελίδα 175 - ... such gestures as I have seen some men make when spectators of gymnastic exercises. When he saw his comrade up, he evinced his pleasure by giving a salute, something like the sound of a trumpet. When called upon to take Ms turn, however, he seemed much alarmed, and would not act at all without force.