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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... night , the cutwal or magistrate paid me great attention ; sent me a present of fowls , eggs , butter , and milk , and as- sured me that he was a great friend to our queen ; for he thought that the East - India Company was an old beeby ...
... night , the cutwal or magistrate paid me great attention ; sent me a present of fowls , eggs , butter , and milk , and as- sured me that he was a great friend to our queen ; for he thought that the East - India Company was an old beeby ...
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... night . My curiosity was naturally excited to learn the cause of such a determined and hardy act ; for the young man must have tied the stone to his neck in a recumbent posture , and then have rolled it down the steep into the river ...
... night . My curiosity was naturally excited to learn the cause of such a determined and hardy act ; for the young man must have tied the stone to his neck in a recumbent posture , and then have rolled it down the steep into the river ...
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... night . He swore that his neighbours had taken it ; but he acknowledged , though he demanded a warrant for their appre- hension , and a panjait , that he had no witnesses * to prove the fact . ❝ Are you on good terms with your ...
... night . He swore that his neighbours had taken it ; but he acknowledged , though he demanded a warrant for their appre- hension , and a panjait , that he had no witnesses * to prove the fact . ❝ Are you on good terms with your ...
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... asserted that she had been seen flying in the shape of a large bat the night before : the people had seized her , according to custom , cram- * One of the four castes . med her eyes full of salt , and , because 32 THE PANJAIT .
... asserted that she had been seen flying in the shape of a large bat the night before : the people had seized her , according to custom , cram- * One of the four castes . med her eyes full of salt , and , because 32 THE PANJAIT .
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... night . His dress and bloated countenance fell upon her in a glare , from which she turned , and strove to find some dark spot for rest ; but all was a heaven of bright colours , joy , and life . Bands of music were playing , jets of ...
... night . His dress and bloated countenance fell upon her in a glare , from which she turned , and strove to find some dark spot for rest ; but all was a heaven of bright colours , joy , and life . Bands of music were playing , jets of ...
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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...