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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... , buffaloes , wolves ; as gods , with monstrous heads of elephants , monkeys , fishes , and all the astonish- ing variety in Hindoo mythology ; as old women , old men , lovers , warriors , Europeans , drunken B 3 INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE . 5.
... , buffaloes , wolves ; as gods , with monstrous heads of elephants , monkeys , fishes , and all the astonish- ing variety in Hindoo mythology ; as old women , old men , lovers , warriors , Europeans , drunken B 3 INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE . 5.
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... head of the Poodicherrum ghaut , on the high - road from Mysore to Cannanore , that I once witnessed a real tragedy . In the year 1807 I travelled alone from Cannanore to Seringapa- tam . Upon coming to Rajapet , in the choultry of ...
... head of the Poodicherrum ghaut , on the high - road from Mysore to Cannanore , that I once witnessed a real tragedy . In the year 1807 I travelled alone from Cannanore to Seringapa- tam . Upon coming to Rajapet , in the choultry of ...
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... heads , but went on towards the river which was prattling over its bed , and glittering in pools down the distance . About half a - mile from the village I saw some bustle . People were running and shouting to- wards one of the deep ...
... heads , but went on towards the river which was prattling over its bed , and glittering in pools down the distance . About half a - mile from the village I saw some bustle . People were running and shouting to- wards one of the deep ...
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... head that it was her best plan to be an obedient and good wife ; and she thought in her heart that the Raja's riches could never induce her to think little of her hus- band . The young Raja had passed her several times : she always did ...
... head that it was her best plan to be an obedient and good wife ; and she thought in her heart that the Raja's riches could never induce her to think little of her hus- band . The young Raja had passed her several times : she always did ...
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... head to be guilty of a great piece of indecorum , that is , to drink with his majesty on his back . The huttee wallah , or driver , seated on his neck , darted his iron hook into the spinal marrow of the elephant to make him man- nerly ...
... head to be guilty of a great piece of indecorum , that is , to drink with his majesty on his back . The huttee wallah , or driver , seated on his neck , darted his iron hook into the spinal marrow of the elephant to make him man- nerly ...
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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...