Some Passages in the Life of an Adventurer in the Punjaub: Originally Published in the Delhi Gazette ...Gazette Press, 1842 - Počet stran: 275 |
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... seen , but I took much pains to acquire the information requisite to give a faithful picture of that remarkable place . Raj Kôt is entirely imaginary ; I wished to describe Ryiâsî , a stronghold belonging to Raja Dhy- ân Singh , but not ...
... seen , but I took much pains to acquire the information requisite to give a faithful picture of that remarkable place . Raj Kôt is entirely imaginary ; I wished to describe Ryiâsî , a stronghold belonging to Raja Dhy- ân Singh , but not ...
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... seen in the new town is the produce of plunder , of oppression , of doubly - dyed tyranny . The cost of the walls had been defrayed at the expense of one wealthy merchant of Amritsir , whose hoards have been taken , nominally to pay the ...
... seen in the new town is the produce of plunder , of oppression , of doubly - dyed tyranny . The cost of the walls had been defrayed at the expense of one wealthy merchant of Amritsir , whose hoards have been taken , nominally to pay the ...
Strana 5
... seen to my good horse's fare , and the comfort of my faithful followers , I refreshed myself with bathing , and then breakfasted on a thick , dry chapātī , and a cup of Eau Sucrée , sherbet a beverage which in my travels had with me ...
... seen to my good horse's fare , and the comfort of my faithful followers , I refreshed myself with bathing , and then breakfasted on a thick , dry chapātī , and a cup of Eau Sucrée , sherbet a beverage which in my travels had with me ...
Strana 12
... seen . Every thing around your Majesty is great , and worthy of a sovereign who aspires to immortality . Sire , when we first had the honor of being presented to your Majesty , we disclosed to him ( you ) the motive of our journey : the ...
... seen . Every thing around your Majesty is great , and worthy of a sovereign who aspires to immortality . Sire , when we first had the honor of being presented to your Majesty , we disclosed to him ( you ) the motive of our journey : the ...
Strana 15
... seen , so that when asked for grants of land , he gives with his eye more open than those of granters usually are . He detests complaints , and usually stipulates with his farmers that none are to reach his ear ; yet as he frequent- ly ...
... seen , so that when asked for grants of land , he gives with his eye more open than those of granters usually are . He detests complaints , and usually stipulates with his farmers that none are to reach his ear ; yet as he frequent- ly ...
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Some Passages in the Life of an Adventurer in the Punjaub Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence Zobrazení fragmentů - 1970 |
Some Passages in the Life of an Adventurer in the Punjaub Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence Zobrazení fragmentů - 1970 |
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Aliverdi Amritsir appear arms Bellasis blood boats bold British brother called camp Chând Khân Chief Colonel Bellasis command court darbar death Delhi desired Dhyân Dhyan Singh effect enemy English European faithful faqir farangi favour fear feel Firozpur followers gained give ground Gulab Singh guns half hand head heart Highness hills Hindu horse hour hundred Kangra Kasur Kowr lady Lahaur land leader Lena Singh look lord Maharajah Mahtab master matchlock miles morning Multan murder Nand Singh night numbers officers orders Panjab party passed Patan person Peshawar plunder possession present Raja Rajah Ranjit Singh replied respect river royal Rupar rupees Sachet Singh Sahib Sardars scarcely servant Shah shew Sikh Sirhind Sodhi soldier soon Sutluj sword tell territory Thanadar third watch thought tion told took town troops trust usual Vaqil watch wise words
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Strana 87 - ... azure veins Which steal like streams along a field of snow, That lovely outline, which is fair As breathing marble, perish ? Must putrefaction's breath Leave nothing of this heavenly sight But loathsomeness and ruin ? Spare nothing but a gloomy theme, On which the lightest heart might moralize?
Strana 215 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; and happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all, is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Strana 241 - Clasp me a little longer on the brink Of fate! while I can feel thy dear caress; And when this heart hath ceased to beat — oh! think, And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, And friend to more than human friendship just. Oh! by that retrospect of happiness, And by the hopes of an immortal trust, God shall assuage thy pangs — when I am laid in dust?
Strana 157 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Strana 241 - If I had lived to smile but on the birth Of one dear pledge. But shall there then be none, In future times — no gentle little one To clasp thy neck, and look, resembling me ? Yet seems it, even while life's last pulses run, A sweetness in the cup of death to be, Lord of my bosom's love ! to die beholding thee...
Strana 157 - ... good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Strana 87 - Seized on her sinless soul ? Must then that peerless form Which love and admiration cannot view Without a beating heart, those azure veins Which steal like streams along a field of snow, That lovely outline, which is fair As breathing marble, perish...
Strana 274 - Avitabili keeps down by grim fear what nothing else would keep down — the unruly spirits around him, who, if let slip, would riot in carnage ; his severity may therefore be extenuated, as the least of two evils.