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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... or native village courts , for the trial and settlement of all criminal and civil cases . Give them the benefit of education and science , those B 2 openers of the eyes of human understanding ; and when INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE . 3.
... or native village courts , for the trial and settlement of all criminal and civil cases . Give them the benefit of education and science , those B 2 openers of the eyes of human understanding ; and when INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE . 3.
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Robert Grenville Wallace. openers of the eyes of human understanding ; and when they see error , let it be corrected by a regular surrender , instead of being extirpated by invasion and persecution . Justice , like honesty , is the ...
Robert Grenville Wallace. openers of the eyes of human understanding ; and when they see error , let it be corrected by a regular surrender , instead of being extirpated by invasion and persecution . Justice , like honesty , is the ...
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... human possible enjoyment , that it is still che- rished by the mass of the people , and held as sacred as their religion . It may be useful to draw attention to a subject so interesting . I need say very little of the ministers of a ...
... human possible enjoyment , that it is still che- rished by the mass of the people , and held as sacred as their religion . It may be useful to draw attention to a subject so interesting . I need say very little of the ministers of a ...
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... human kingdom . My materials do not furnish me with the man- ner in which Chittamun Doss schooled Mootee Moota to act the part of Raja Futteh Amul Singh ; nor do I know whether the said brah- man were actuated by a pure desire of ...
... human kingdom . My materials do not furnish me with the man- ner in which Chittamun Doss schooled Mootee Moota to act the part of Raja Futteh Amul Singh ; nor do I know whether the said brah- man were actuated by a pure desire of ...
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... Wealth is the medium of power in India , as well as in this country . Nearly every thing may be effected by money that human means can accomplish ; and it has been well said , I believe by Major MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA . 65.
... Wealth is the medium of power in India , as well as in this country . Nearly every thing may be effected by money that human means can accomplish ; and it has been well said , I believe by Major MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA . 65.
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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...