 | Tobias Smollett - 1786 - 506 pàgines
...encourage, for they ought to begin together. If this beginning is not made with a due attention to the nature of the country, and the character of the people, it muft ever be abortive. Dr. Anderfon is thoroughly fenfible of thefe principles, and gives many incontrovertible... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pàgines
...his right to this island ; and it is not improbable that, on the return of peace, the forces of Hayti will again be doomed to combat for their liberty and...the nature of the country and the character of the peopk-, it promises to be happy and flourishing. He trlis us that ' no correct or comprehensive account... | |
 | John Philip - 1828 - 478 pàgines
...the farmers could at any time put an end to them ; but those who speak in this manner are ignorant of the nature of the country and the character of the people. A great part of them are provided with fire-arms and horses, and have a sovereign contempt of danger.... | |
 | William Chambers - 1868 - 876 pàgines
...the British forces, entered Cabul, and the conquest was regarded as complete. It was a gross mistake of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The land had been invaded, but was by no mean's conquered. Dost Mohammed bad surrendered to the English... | |
 | 1868 - 878 pàgines
...the British forces, entered Cabul, and the conquest was regarded as complete. It waa a gross mistake of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The land had been invaded, but was by no means conquered. Dost Mohammed had surrendered to the English... | |
 | Hugh McNeile Dyer - 1876 - 196 pàgines
...to Cape Spartel in the year, calling at most of the places of importance, and gaining such knowledge of the nature of the country and the character of the people as upset many of our pre-conceived ideas. In the first place, the climate is not so bad as is generally... | |
 | 1879 - 748 pàgines
...the British forces, entered Cabul, and the conquest was regarded as complete. It was a gross mistake of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The land had been invaded, but was by no means conquered. DoBt Mohammed had surrendered to the English... | |
 | 1880 - 890 pàgines
...the British forces, entered Cabul, and the conquest was regarded as complete. It was a gross mistake of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The laud had been invaded, but was by no means conquered. Dost Mohammed had surrendered to the English;... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 1020 pàgines
...the British forces, entered Cabul, and the conquest was regarded as complete. It was a gross mistake of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The land had been invaded, but was by no means conquered. Dost Mohammed had surrendered to the English;... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1902 - 1010 pàgines
...this, however, as in all their dealings with the Afghans, the British showed an entire misunderstanding of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The land had been invaded, but was by no means conquered. Dost Mohammed had surrendered to the English;... | |
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It was a gross mistake of the nature of the country and the character of the people. The land had been invaded, but was by no means conquered. Dost Mohammed had surrendered to the English; but his son, Akbar Khan, was actively engaged in a conspiracy,... 
