Forty Years in the World: Or, Sketches and Tales of a Soldier's Life, 2. köideA. and W. Galignani, 1825 |
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... faces . Village life , there- fore , was my study and delight in India . When I was in the Carnatic , in Bengal , in Malabar , in Mysore , in Guzerat , in Kutch , and in the Deckan , as well as in the Koncan and at Bom- bay , it was the ...
... faces . Village life , there- fore , was my study and delight in India . When I was in the Carnatic , in Bengal , in Malabar , in Mysore , in Guzerat , in Kutch , and in the Deckan , as well as in the Koncan and at Bom- bay , it was the ...
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... faces , and in per- forming extraordinary feats . Monsieur Alex- andre could scarcely transform himself faster than the heroes of a Hindoo pantomime . They enter in all manner of shapes ; as tigers , lions , bears , buffaloes , wolves ...
... faces , and in per- forming extraordinary feats . Monsieur Alex- andre could scarcely transform himself faster than the heroes of a Hindoo pantomime . They enter in all manner of shapes ; as tigers , lions , bears , buffaloes , wolves ...
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... faces I had met , and not forced the pretty Hindoo girls to turn their backs upon me by an impudent stare . Indeed , I had received some pleasure from seeing some of them peeping after me as I passed ; for they are not at all void of ...
... faces I had met , and not forced the pretty Hindoo girls to turn their backs upon me by an impudent stare . Indeed , I had received some pleasure from seeing some of them peeping after me as I passed ; for they are not at all void of ...
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... face . " - " That's a good dear , " answered Bappo , giving his girlish wife a dozen of his best kisses- " do so , and all will be right . " : Arima had got it into her little head that it was her best plan to be an obedient and good ...
... face . " - " That's a good dear , " answered Bappo , giving his girlish wife a dozen of his best kisses- " do so , and all will be right . " : Arima had got it into her little head that it was her best plan to be an obedient and good ...
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... ever beheld in the clear water . He instantly looked for the sub- stance , and discovered Arima blushing and smil- ing under the bank ; so that he had not only a full view of her face , but of her neck INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE . 15.
... ever beheld in the clear water . He instantly looked for the sub- stance , and discovered Arima blushing and smil- ing under the bank ; so that he had not only a full view of her face , but of her neck INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE . 15.
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Page 125 - 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.
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Page 127 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
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