Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Volume 2 |
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... followed by a vast multitude ; and , having marked with some blood the course which he deemed right , all were forced to submit to this sacred decision . My next memorandum describes a case which has often occurred in India . A ...
... followed by a vast multitude ; and , having marked with some blood the course which he deemed right , all were forced to submit to this sacred decision . My next memorandum describes a case which has often occurred in India . A ...
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... followed by his police peons . It is said that his beard was standing . " How dare you , " cried he , " false soodurs that you are , come to feast at your friend's with his cotton sticking to your beards ? " Those who had stolen the ...
... followed by his police peons . It is said that his beard was standing . " How dare you , " cried he , " false soodurs that you are , come to feast at your friend's with his cotton sticking to your beards ? " Those who had stolen the ...
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... followed . We soon bade adieu to the Victory , which I really left with regret ; and a tear fell on Captain Braithwaite's hand as I pressed it to my heart in gratitude for his un- remitting kindness to me and my family . May we soon ...
... followed . We soon bade adieu to the Victory , which I really left with regret ; and a tear fell on Captain Braithwaite's hand as I pressed it to my heart in gratitude for his un- remitting kindness to me and my family . May we soon ...
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... followed his advice and conformed to usage , every difficulty would be surmounted . He certainly had the necessary influence . started for London next day . I " The road from Dover to the metropolis crosses a fine rich country ; it ...
... followed his advice and conformed to usage , every difficulty would be surmounted . He certainly had the necessary influence . started for London next day . I " The road from Dover to the metropolis crosses a fine rich country ; it ...
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... not seen him for many a rolling year . He followed for- tune to the West , whilst I pursued her in the burning East . She was , notwithstanding all that has been said of her capriciousness , favourable to both 136 SCENES OF BOYHOOD .
... not seen him for many a rolling year . He followed for- tune to the West , whilst I pursued her in the burning East . She was , notwithstanding all that has been said of her capriciousness , favourable to both 136 SCENES OF BOYHOOD .
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Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's ..., Volume 2 Robert Grenville Wallace Visualização integral - 1825 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
amusement answered appearance Arima attorney Bappo barrister beautiful behold bosom brahmans bright eyes charms cheer Chittamun Doss coach comfort countenance court Dash daughter dear delight dress Dublin Dundalk Edward exclaimed face father favour feel felt fond fortune Futteh Amul Singh girls Green Castle grief hand happy Hattima head hear heard heart heaven Hindoo honour hope husband India Ireland justice knew lady laugh living look Lord Mountwilliam lordship Matilda melancholy miles mind Mootee Moota mother native nature nearly neighbours never Newry night noble numbers opium panjait passed peeping pleasure poor profes purdah racter Raja rich Rockites round saurie scene seat seemed sight sister smile soon soul spirit suttee sweet Table Bay tears thee thing thou thought tion town Warrenpoint whilst whole wife wish young
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Página 135 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Página 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Página 217 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 167 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Página 137 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
Página 296 - Such is the powre of that sweet passion, That it all sordid basenesse doth expell, And the refyned mynd doth newly fashion Unto a fairer forme, which now doth dwell In his high thought, that would it selfe excell, Which he beholding still with constant sight, Admires the mirrour of so heavenly light.
Página 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 127 - WE may roam through this world, like a child at a feast. Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest ; And, when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and be off to the west...
Página 95 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Página 38 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are linked in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...