Then I sank to sleep. I know not what my dreams were, but well I remember the waking. There was a confused clamour of shrieks and shouting in my ear. My dooly was raised from the ground and then let fall violently. I heard my bearers shouting 'Sowar!... My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 - Side 10av Sir William Howard Russell - 1860Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1860 - 698 sider
...to his shirt, any further clothing being insupportable. At last he slept. "I know not," he says, " what, my dreams were, but well I remember the waking."—...shouting, " Sowar ! Sowar !" I saw them flying with terror in their faces. All the camp followers, in wild confusion were rushing for the road. It was... | |
| Eugène Valbezen - 1883 - 524 sider
...vain endeavoured to ascertain. A few native troops seemed to be moving about in front of them. ... A long pause took place. I looked once or twice towards...shouting " Sowar ! Sowar ! " I saw them flying with terror in their faces. All the camp-followers, in wild confusion, were rushing for the road. It was... | |
| James Cromb - 1886 - 340 sider
...long pause took place. I looked once or twice towards the road to see if there were any symptoms of an advance. Then I sank to sleep. I know not what my...shouting ' Sowar ! Sowar !' I saw them flying with terror in their faces. All the camp followers in wild confusion were rushing for the road. It was a... | |
| Edward Daniel Hamilton Vibart - 1898 - 356 sider
...troops seemed to be moving about in front of them. As suddenly as it had begun the firing died out. I looked once or twice towards the road to see if...confused clamour of shrieks and shouting in my ear. My dhooly was raised from the ground and then let fall violently. I heard my bearers shouting, " Sowar... | |
| James Cromb - 1902 - 448 sider
...road to see if there were any symptoms of an advance. Then I sank to sleep. I know not what my d reams were, but well I remember the waking. . . . There...shouting ' Sowar ! Sowar !" I saw them flying with terror in their faces. All the camp followers in wild confusion were rushing for the road. It was a... | |
| John Black Atkins - 1911 - 438 sider
...o u X i858] "SOWAR! SOWAR!" 3i7 and manner of his waking must be described in his own words : — " There was a confused clamour of shrieks and shouting...shouting, 'Sowar! sowar!' I saw them flying, with terror in their faces. All the camp-followers, in wild confusion, were rushing for the road. It was... | |
| John Black Atkins - 1911 - 446 sider
...cause i8s8] "SOWAR ! SOWAR!" 3i7 and manner of his waking must be described in his own words : — " There was a confused clamour of shrieks and shouting...shouting, 'Sowar! sowar !' I saw them flying, with terror in their faces. All the camp-followers, in wild confusion, were rushing for the road. It was... | |
| John Black Atkins - 1911 - 440 sider
...a "3 = i858] "SOWAR! SOWAR!" 3i7 and manner of his waking must be described in his own words : — "There was a confused clamour of shrieks and shouting...shouting, 'Sowar! sowar!' I saw them flying, with terror in their faces. All the camp-followers, in wild confusion, were rushing for the road. It was... | |
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