For eighteen months without intermission this destruction raged from the gates of Madras to the gates of Tanjore ; and so completely did these masters in their art, Hyder Ali and his more ferocious son, absolve themselves of their impious vow, that when... Annual Register - Page 186edited by - 1787Full view - About this book
| Europe - 1785 - 522 pages
...when the Britifli armies traverfed, as they did the Carnatic fur hundreds of miles in all dire&ions, through the whole line of their march they did not fee one ffiiq, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed bead of any defcription whatever. One dead... | |
| 1786 - 828 pages
...Britiflj armies tra^ no •verfed as they had done the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all diredlions, through the whole line of their march they did not...not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed bead of any dcfcription. One dead univerfal filence reigned over the whole region. The Carnatic was... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...fon, abfolve themfelves of their impious vow, that when the Britifh armies traverfecl, as they did the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions,...child, not one four-footed beaft of any defcription whatever. One dead uniform iilence reigned over the whole region. With the inconfiderable exceptions... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...ferocious fon, abfolve themfelves of their impious vow, that when the Britifh armies traverfed, as they did the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions,...child, not one four-footed beaft of any defcription whatever. One dead uniform filence reigned over the whole region. With the jnconfiderable exceptions... | |
| History - 1800 - 600 pages
...of Tarijore, and the redoubled horrors of the- famine that enfued ; infomuch that when the Britilh armies traverfed, as they did the central provinces...through the whole line of their march they did not fee otiu man, not one woman, not one child, not une four footed beaft of any deIcription. He next proved... | |
| History - 1800 - 598 pages
...redoubled horrors of the famine that enfued ; inforanch that when the Britilh armies Uaverfed, as trey did the central provinces of the Carnatic for hundreds...whole line of their march they did not fee one man, Dot one woman, not one child, not one four footed beaft of any deicriptiun He next proved from the... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 464 pages
...themfelves of their impious vow, that when the Britifli armies traverfed, as, they did, the Carnatick for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the...child., not one four-footed beaft of any defcription whatever. One dead uniform filence feigned over the whole region. With the jncon? fiderable exceptions... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 474 pages
...impious vow, that when the Britifh armies traverfed, as they did, the Carnatick for hundreds of tailes in all directions, through the whole line of their...child, not one four-footed beaft of any defcription whatever. One dead uniform filence" reigned over the whole region. With the incon? fiderable exceptions... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did the Carnatick for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did the Carnatick for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One... | |
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