 | John Cave-Browne - 1861 - 396 sider
...The following anecdote, which the author heard Edwardes himself relate, will illustrate this : — Jn the beginning of 1857, Colonel Edwardes was asked...done. John Nicholson did it — and fell in the act. ever listened to in council. So widespread and deep was the interest which centred in him — not in... | |
 | 1861 - 842 sider
...relate, wil illustrate this: In the begiuning of 1857, Colonel Edwardes was asked by Lord Cauning, at Calcutta, to state his real opinion of Colonel...be done. John Nicholson did it, and fell in the act 35 the fierce spirits of a wild frontier, he displayed powers capable of the highest emprise — powers... | |
 | 1868 - 690 sider
...eulogizing his many noble qualities, Sir Herbert concluded with these words, destined to be prophetic : " If ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it." The deed had been done, the hero had fallen, but, 1868.] The Siege of Delhi. 619 as Sir John Lawrence... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1869 - 412 sider
...he had been urging, Edwardes ended with these words : ' Well, my Lord, you may rely upon this, that if ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it.' This was at the end of March, 1857, when mutiny was beginning to show itself in the cantonment of Barrackpore.... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1870 - 724 sider
...Edwardes, being on a brief visit to Calcutta, had said to Lord Canning, "You may rely upon this — that if ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it." And now the truth of these friendly but prophetic words was about to be realised. The hour had come... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1874 - 728 sider
...Edwardes, being on a brief visit to Calcutta, had said to Lord Canning, " You may rely upon this — that if ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it." And now the truth of these friendly but prophetic words was about to be realised. The hour had come... | |
 | Thomas Rice Holmes - 1888 - 644 sider
...to be wondered at that of such a man as this, Herbert Edwardes should have said to Lord Canning, " If ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it."t Resolutions The council rapidly and harmoniously drew up its proc' thcil gramme. It was settled... | |
 | Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts - 1897 - 584 sider
...man of whom a little time before Ed wardes had said to Lord Canning, 'You may rely upon this, that if ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it ' — was one who had proved himself beyond all doubt capable of grappling with the crisis through... | |
 | Jerome Klapka Jerome, Robert Barr - 1897 - 848 sider
...the man of whom a little time before Edwardes had said to Lord Canning, ' You may rely on this, that if ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it,> — was one who had proved himself beyond all doubt capable of grappling with the crisis through which... | |
 | Lionel James Trotter - 1898 - 378 sider
...whom the wild people of the frontier had deified, the man of whom Edwardes had said to Lord Canning, " If ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it," was one who had proved himself beyond all doubt capable of grappling with the crisis through which... | |
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You may rely upon this, that if ever there is a desperate deed to be done in India, John Nicholson is the man to do it... 
