Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Volumen3 |
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But I like not to describe character ; I hate personality ; let us , therefore , leave the
Nabob to open , as the pages of a book , in the progress of our tale . This old
Indian had certainly amassed great wealth , some said one way and some
another ...
But I like not to describe character ; I hate personality ; let us , therefore , leave the
Nabob to open , as the pages of a book , in the progress of our tale . This old
Indian had certainly amassed great wealth , some said one way and some
another ...
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... and cease to frighten by their ghastly aspects , they must bear chagrin , and
struggle with the sore hyp of melancholy discontent . The cruelty of holding such
a character as the Nabob , with his family , up to public scorn , is not in my nature
.
... and cease to frighten by their ghastly aspects , they must bear chagrin , and
struggle with the sore hyp of melancholy discontent . The cruelty of holding such
a character as the Nabob , with his family , up to public scorn , is not in my nature
.
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When appearances are against us , the misjudging world is easily deceived : it
was natural for those who knew the character of my father , to conclude that he
would not neglect his son ' s family without just cause . I at length felt it my duty to
...
When appearances are against us , the misjudging world is easily deceived : it
was natural for those who knew the character of my father , to conclude that he
would not neglect his son ' s family without just cause . I at length felt it my duty to
...
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The consequence was , that as my character became known , my society was
courted , and the solitude which my mind had found unhealthful , was changed
by introduction to an agreeable circle of professing friends . From experience I
can ...
The consequence was , that as my character became known , my society was
courted , and the solitude which my mind had found unhealthful , was changed
by introduction to an agreeable circle of professing friends . From experience I
can ...
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It is not sufficient that a clergyman be a good and irreproachable character ; he
must be a talented , a gifted one , practically to benefit his country . It is not
enough that he is able to write an unexceptionable sermon ; he must possess the
power ...
It is not sufficient that a clergyman be a good and irreproachable character ; he
must be a talented , a gifted one , practically to benefit his country . It is not
enough that he is able to write an unexceptionable sermon ; he must possess the
power ...
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Página 293 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Página 13 - If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them : The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out. O ! I have suffered With those that I saw suffer : a brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creature in her, Dash'd all to pieces.
Página 38 - Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Página 265 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Página 39 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolated bosoms ; mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence...
Página 1 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye. But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die...
Página 231 - Then before All they stand — the holy vow And ring of gold, no fond illusions now, Bind her as his. Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters — there to be a light Shining within, when all without is night ; A guardian- angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing...
Página 250 - Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains, Winning from Reason's hand the reins, Pity and woe ! for such a mind Is soft, contemplative, and kind ; And woe to those who train such youth, And spare to press the rights of truth...
Página 175 - And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence ? How the dear object from the crime remove, Or how distinguish penitence from love ? Unequal task ! a passion to resign, For hearts so touch'd, so pierc'd, so lost as mine. Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state, How often must it love, how often hate ! How often hope, despair, resent, regret, Conceal, disdain, — do all things but forget.
Página 75 - Oh, how much doth beauty beauteous seem, By that sweet ornament which truth doth give ! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem, For that sweet odour which doth in it live.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Volumen3 Volumen3 de Forty Years in the World: Or, Sketches and Tales of a Soldier's Life, Robert Grenville Wallace Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Robert Grenville Wallace |
| Autor | Robert Grenville Wallace |
| Edición | 2 |
| Publicado | 1825 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 17 Mayo 2007 |
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