Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, 2. köide |
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... carried on in dumb shew ; and I often thought that the audience were more excited by what they sup- posed or imagined , than by the story , which is in general very simple and brief . The village theatricals of India consist of sacred ...
... carried on in dumb shew ; and I often thought that the audience were more excited by what they sup- posed or imagined , than by the story , which is in general very simple and brief . The village theatricals of India consist of sacred ...
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... carried bows and arrows : but , at a critical moment , the old witch raised her voice to an amazingly loud pipe , and vociferated " Hunnymaun ! Hunny- maun ! -there he is ! -I see him among you.— He will eat you all . " Instantaneously ...
... carried bows and arrows : but , at a critical moment , the old witch raised her voice to an amazingly loud pipe , and vociferated " Hunnymaun ! Hunny- maun ! -there he is ! -I see him among you.— He will eat you all . " Instantaneously ...
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... carried on by men called Brinjarries , who are privileged grain- carriers , found in all parts of the country . They purchase young females , entice many away , and often kidnap others , for the purpose of selling them to the amorous ...
... carried on by men called Brinjarries , who are privileged grain- carriers , found in all parts of the country . They purchase young females , entice many away , and often kidnap others , for the purpose of selling them to the amorous ...
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... carried he knows not whither ? Nothing , except it be that of an affectionate wife , who has been abduced from a loving husband ; for it is , I believe , a justly received notion , that women's feelings are more sensible than men's ...
... carried he knows not whither ? Nothing , except it be that of an affectionate wife , who has been abduced from a loving husband ; for it is , I believe , a justly received notion , that women's feelings are more sensible than men's ...
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... carried off by the Brinjarries . It was so . They had observed her exceeding beauty ; and , commissioned by Futteh Amul Sing , the young prince of Oujain , to bring him a Teerettee female , of whose charms he had heard , they stole upon ...
... carried off by the Brinjarries . It was so . They had observed her exceeding beauty ; and , commissioned by Futteh Amul Sing , the young prince of Oujain , to bring him a Teerettee female , of whose charms he had heard , they stole upon ...
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Page 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.
Page 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...