Forty Years in the World: Or, Sketches and Tales of a Soldier's Life, 2. köideA. and W. Galignani, 1825 |
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... hear their popular legends with somewhat of kindred super- stition . I need not say more than this respecting the buffoons ; but it may be interesting to offer a brief notice of their histrionic performers . 4 Sir William Jones , and ...
... hear their popular legends with somewhat of kindred super- stition . I need not say more than this respecting the buffoons ; but it may be interesting to offer a brief notice of their histrionic performers . 4 Sir William Jones , and ...
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... hear the bells of his elephants , I'll run and hide myself behind the purdah , if I am near the house ; or , should I be at a distance , I'll draw my saurie * close over my face . " - " That's a good dear , " answered Bappo , giving his ...
... hear the bells of his elephants , I'll run and hide myself behind the purdah , if I am near the house ; or , should I be at a distance , I'll draw my saurie * close over my face . " - " That's a good dear , " answered Bappo , giving his ...
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... , merely to gra- tify the false pride of foolish men , and to perpe- tuate a horrible custom , that , amongst the Raj- poots , we now scarcely ever hear of this abomi- 39 MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA.
... , merely to gra- tify the false pride of foolish men , and to perpe- tuate a horrible custom , that , amongst the Raj- poots , we now scarcely ever hear of this abomi- 39 MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA.
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... hear of this abomi- nable practice . No Rajpoot ever chooses a wife in his own tribe : these people consider one ano- ther in the same light as family relations , too near a - kin to marry . This usage , which , in its prac- tical ...
... hear of this abomi- nable practice . No Rajpoot ever chooses a wife in his own tribe : these people consider one ano- ther in the same light as family relations , too near a - kin to marry . This usage , which , in its prac- tical ...
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... hear the reader exclaim : " Mr. Author , none of your fancy - pictures . Pooh ! tears , indeed , from a brahman ! Have you forgotten the accounts we have of their lingums and secret proceedings ? Pah ! pah ! Mr. Author , do not now be ...
... hear the reader exclaim : " Mr. Author , none of your fancy - pictures . Pooh ! tears , indeed , from a brahman ! Have you forgotten the accounts we have of their lingums and secret proceedings ? Pah ! pah ! Mr. Author , do not now be ...
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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.
Page 157 - 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 205 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Page 242 - God be wi' you; take mine office. — O wretched fool, That liv'st to make thine honesty a vice! — 0 monstrous world ! Take note ! take note, O world, To be direct and honest, is not safe.
Page 219 - It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest: If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest...
Page 13 - Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.
Page 29 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...
Page 97 - Hung round the bowers, and fondly look'd their last, And took a long farewell, and wish'd in vain For seats like these beyond the western main ; And shuddering still to face the distant deep, Return'd and wept, and still return'd to weep...
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.
Page 207 - 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.