| Charles MacFarlane - 1833 - 346 Seiten
...them, they were on their return. Their chief strength lay in their being intangible. If pursued, they made marches of extraordinary length, (sometimes upwards...they were either openly or secretly connected; but nowhere did they present any point of attack ; and the defeat of a party, the destruction of one of... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1833 - 344 Seiten
...on their return. Their chief strength lay in their being intangible. If pursued, they made inarches of extraordinary length, (sometimes upwards of sixty...they were either openly or secretly connected ; but nowhere did they present any point of attack ; and the defeat of a party, the destruction of one of... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1833 - 220 Seiten
...which they could not withstand, and endeavoured to redeem their own losses by the plunder of others." " Their wealth, their booty, and their families were...protection amid the mountains, and in the fastnesses belonging*to themselves and to those with whom they were either openly or secretly connected; but nowhere... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 Seiten
...with a slight elevation of the nostril, " Do you think I would trust my life to a bit of iron ?" * " Their wealth, their booty, and their families were...mountains and in the fastnesses belonging to themselves or to those with whom they were either openly or secretly connected ; but nowhere did they present... | |
| 1846 - 586 Seiten
...their booty, and their families, were scattered over a wide region, in which they found protection omid the mountains, and in the fastnesses belonging to...they were either openly or secretly connected ; but nowhere did they present any point of attack ; and the defeat of a party, the destruction of one of... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1853 - 718 Seiten
...them they were on their return. Their chief strength lay in their being intangible. If pursued, they made marches of extraordinary length (sometimes upwards...mountains and in the fastnesses belonging to. themselves, or to those with whom they were either openly or secretly connected ; but nowhere did they present... | |
| Charles MacFarlane - 1853 - 672 Seiten
...an appointed rendezvous ; if followed to 4he country from which they issued, they broke into small " Their wealth, their booty, and their families were...over a wide region, in which they found protection 4aid the mountains and in the fastnesses belonging to &emselves, or to those with whom they were either... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1858 - 794 Seiten
...them, they were on their return. Their chief strength lay in their being intangible. If pursued, they made marches of extraordinary length — sometimes...mountains and in the fastnesses belonging to themselves, or to those with whom they were either openly or secretly connected ; but nowhere did they present... | |
| William Freke Williams - 1864 - 886 Seiten
...losses by the plunder of others." * * * "The wealth, the booty, and the families of the Pindarries were scattered over a wide region, in which they found...mountains, and in the fastnesses belonging to themselves, or to those with whom they were, either openly or secretly, connected; but nowhere did they present... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 512 Seiten
...them, they were on their return. Their chief strength lay in their being intangible. If pursued, they made marches of extraordinary length, — sometimes...mountains and in the fastnesses belonging to themselves, or to those with whom they were either openly or secretly connected ; but nowhere did they present... | |
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