Littell's Living Age, Volume 264Living Age Company, 1910 |
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Page 110
... Havildar Hussein Ali answered the summons . Hussein Ali was Haider's kinsman , and Haider trusted him when he had to trust somebody . " It is sunset , and I go to the evening prayers , " said the Subedar to Hussein Ali ; " see that no ...
... Havildar Hussein Ali answered the summons . Hussein Ali was Haider's kinsman , and Haider trusted him when he had to trust somebody . " It is sunset , and I go to the evening prayers , " said the Subedar to Hussein Ali ; " see that no ...
Page 111
... Havildar , and ask the Adjutant Sahib to replace him until he is fit again . " Two more were rejected for various reasons , if there is any doubt as to the power of a man to stay with his comrades on these expeditions , he can- not be ...
... Havildar , and ask the Adjutant Sahib to replace him until he is fit again . " Two more were rejected for various reasons , if there is any doubt as to the power of a man to stay with his comrades on these expeditions , he can- not be ...
Page 112
... Havildar and three men were left where the party had rested to se- cure the retreat , and three rifles were posted half way down the spur . Hai- der himself took the remaining four- teen rifles and dropped down to the foot of the spur ...
... Havildar and three men were left where the party had rested to se- cure the retreat , and three rifles were posted half way down the spur . Hai- der himself took the remaining four- teen rifles and dropped down to the foot of the spur ...
Page 113
... Havildar Hussein Ali leaping from rock to rock on his way down LIVING AGE . VOL . XLVI . 2396 from the picket . He was followed by a man who by his head - dress was not one of the Militia . The pair came down at break - neck speed ...
... Havildar Hussein Ali leaping from rock to rock on his way down LIVING AGE . VOL . XLVI . 2396 from the picket . He was followed by a man who by his head - dress was not one of the Militia . The pair came down at break - neck speed ...
Page 114
... , this time with some life in their movements . It was midnight before they were challenged by the sentry on the gate of the Dozak Post . The Havildar checked the ammuni- tion of each man as 114 The Twenty - Seventh Notch .
... , this time with some life in their movements . It was midnight before they were challenged by the sentry on the gate of the Dozak Post . The Havildar checked the ammuni- tion of each man as 114 The Twenty - Seventh Notch .
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Page 229 - Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
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Page 388 - I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine— have I not kept the vow? With beating heart and streaming eyes, even now I call the phantoms of a thousand hours Each from his voiceless grave ; they have in...