 | 1871 - Страниц: 630
...in a capacity, when a favourable opportunity should offer, of attempting the conquest of the Punjab, and aspired to the honour of planting the BRITISH STANDARD on the banks of the Attock,' as he called the Indus. Truly, it might be said of George Thomas, as King James of Scotland said of... | |
 | Lawrence Dundas Campbell, Ewq. - 1806 - Страниц: 850
...Seik territories, I wished to put myself in a capacity, \vben a favourable opportunity should- oiler, of attempting the conquest of the Punjaub, and aspired...revenues to pension the widows, children, or nearest relations of those who fell in his service; these payments wire made regularly every six month", and... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - Страниц: 500
...offensive and defensive war, till at length, having gained a capital and country bordering on the Sei k territories, I wished to put myself In a capacity,...the British standard on the banks of the Attock." To carry his plans into effect, and for the support of his troops, Mr. Thomas appropriated a part of... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1806 - Страниц: 582
...the Scik territories, I wished to put myself in a capacity when a favorable opportunity should <jfftr of attempting the conquest of the Punjaub, and aspired...the BRITISH Standard on the banks of the ATTOCK.*" We _,,^** . ' • To carry his plans into effect, and for the support of ftis traops, " Mr, 1 homas... | |
 | 1806 - Страниц: 614
...in a capacity when a favorable opportunity should offer of attempting the conquest of the Pnnjaub, and aspired to the honour of planting the BRITISH Standard on the banks of the ATTOCK.»" \Ve • • To carry his plans into effect, and for the support of his troops, Mr. 1 homas appropriated... | |
 | Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - 1806 - Страниц: 918
...Sei k territories, I wished to put myself in a capacity, when' a favourable opportunity should ofler, of attempting the conquest of the Punjaub, and aspired to the honour of planting the fiiUTisn standard on the banks of the ATTOCK." Amon« other arrangements made by î.lr. Thomas, he... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1851 - Страниц: 338
...unproclaimed object, namely, attempting the conquest of the Punjab, and, as he himself expresses it, " having the honour of planting the BRITISH STANDARD on the banks of the ATTOCK." The comparative smallness and uncertainty of Mr. Thomas's resources, however, forced him to have recourse... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1908 - Страниц: 870
...moment bent on harrying other local Rajahs and forcing them to pay up. For ' I wished,' he declares, ' to put myself in a capacity when a favourable opportunity...the British standard on the banks of the Attock.' So he told his biographer in 1802, when it was all over and with the remains of his fortune he was... | |
 | J. J. Higginbotham - 1874 - Страниц: 558
...bordering on the Sikh territories, I 4vished to put myself in a capacity, when a favourable opportumty should offer, of attempting the conquest of the Punjaub,...the BRITISH standard on the banks of the ATTOCK." He continued to hold his districts till 1801, when intrigue accomplished what valour could not. During... | |
 | Edwin Thomas Atkinson - 1875 - Страниц: 668
...capacity, when a favourable opportunity should offer, of attempting the conquest of the Punjab, and he aspired to the honour of planting the British standard " on the banks of the Attock (Indus).'' One of his first expeditions was in conjunction with VYunan Ran, the Marhatta Sub-Governor... | |
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I wished to put myself in a capacity, when a favourable opportunity should offer, of attempting the conquest of the Punjaub, and aspired to the honour of planting the British standard on the banks of the Attock ! " One other act of Thomas's must be mentioned. 
