Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Volumen2 |
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... comforting angel has been sent ; and you may yet be blessed with his embraces in this world . Now , farewell , my poor daughter ; think of what I have said ; send for me frequently , and be of good cheer . " From Gooru Chittamun Doss ...
... comforting angel has been sent ; and you may yet be blessed with his embraces in this world . Now , farewell , my poor daughter ; think of what I have said ; send for me frequently , and be of good cheer . " From Gooru Chittamun Doss ...
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... were broad and well paved , the houses neatly built in the Dutch style , which is one of more comfort than shew , and the shops well stocked with great variety . Pretty women peeped from every window . We were well E 3 THE PASSAGE HOME .
... were broad and well paved , the houses neatly built in the Dutch style , which is one of more comfort than shew , and the shops well stocked with great variety . Pretty women peeped from every window . We were well E 3 THE PASSAGE HOME .
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... comfort ; but in latitudes where we breathe a fluid warmer than our blood , no inventions can prevent gradual ... comforts would not be greater in India ? The shade of some eternally - verdant grove would screen them from the rays of the ...
... comfort ; but in latitudes where we breathe a fluid warmer than our blood , no inventions can prevent gradual ... comforts would not be greater in India ? The shade of some eternally - verdant grove would screen them from the rays of the ...
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... comfort was one that required means which I might not have at command ; for my father , in his letters , though profuse in general promises , had not proposed any specific allowance ; and delicacy on my part , or rather sanguine ...
... comfort was one that required means which I might not have at command ; for my father , in his letters , though profuse in general promises , had not proposed any specific allowance ; and delicacy on my part , or rather sanguine ...
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... comforts of solitude . with her husband , who live in this re- had thus been He had quar- relled with his bishop , and not being allowed the privilege of keeping a curate , his residence could not be compromised ; but it was insinu ...
... comforts of solitude . with her husband , who live in this re- had thus been He had quar- relled with his bishop , and not being allowed the privilege of keeping a curate , his residence could not be compromised ; but it was insinu ...
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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...