 ... the mental and bodily powers of the strongest men, rendering them incapable of any useful exertion. Hope seemed to have died in every breast. The wildness of terror was exhibited in every countcTnance.  The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42 - Page 275de Sir Vincent Eyre - 1879 - 335 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sir Vincent Eyre - 1843 - 368 pages
...left in the rear. The European soldiers were now almost the only efficient men left, the Hindoostanees having all suffered more or less from the effects...exertion. Hope seemed to have died in every breast. The wildness of terror was exhibited in every countcTnance. The advanced guard (consisting of HM's 44th... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 790 pages
...on the 10th. ' The European soldiers were now almost the only efficient men left, the Hindustanees having all suffered more or less from the effects...trigger ; in fact, the prolonged delay in the snow had paralyzed the mental and bodily powers of the strongest men, rendering them ncapable of any useful... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1845 - 578 pages
...only efficient men left, the Hindostanees having all suffered more or less from the effects of the frost in their hands and feet; few were able even...trigger ; in fact, the prolonged delay in the snow had paralyzed the mental and bodily powers of the strongest men, rendering them incapable of any useful... | |
 | Henry Beveridge - 1862 - 796 pages
...Hindoo- ui«m Jugstanees having all suffered more or less from the effects of the frost in their bands and feet ; few were able even to hold a musket, much...trigger: in fact, the prolonged delay in the snow had paralyzed the mental and lx>dily powers of the strongest men, rendering them incapable of any useful... | |
 | James Grant - 1876 - 690 pages
...following it. " The Europeans," says Eyre, "were now almost the only efficient men left, the Hindostanees having all suffered more or less from the effects of frost in their hands or feet. Few were able to hold a musket, much less to pull a trigger ; in fact the prolonged delay... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1885 - 458 pages
...only efficient men left, the Hindoostanees having all suffered more or less from the effects of the frost in their hands and feet; few were able even...exertion. Hope seemed to have died in every breast; the wildness of terror was exhibited in every countenance." On the loth the army resumed its progress,... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1845 - 570 pages
...only efficient men left, the Hindostauees having all suffered more or less from the effects of the frost in their hands and feet; few were able even...trigger ; in fact, the prolonged delay in the snow had paralyzed the mental and bodily powers of the strongest men, rendering them incapable of any useful... | |
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