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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... paper , I scribbled off the first chapter of Bella- sis . A friend who was by , read and approved ; and with this en- couragement two or three more chapters were soon written . 66 ii There is seldom a long step between writing and.
... paper , I scribbled off the first chapter of Bella- sis . A friend who was by , read and approved ; and with this en- couragement two or three more chapters were soon written . 66 ii There is seldom a long step between writing and.
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... our band , you would soon learn the secrets of our trade ; my lord looks astonished at my boldness , but I am safe in the hands of an honest soldier . ” ( e ) “ You " " are , my friend , but you will not long 6 PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF.
... our band , you would soon learn the secrets of our trade ; my lord looks astonished at my boldness , but I am safe in the hands of an honest soldier . ” ( e ) “ You " " are , my friend , but you will not long 6 PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF.
Strana 7
... soon made it worth the Khalifa's while to understand the necessity of introducing me to the Mahârâjah . The next day but one was fixed for my appearance at court ; attired and attended as when I entered Lâhaur , I proceeded to the ...
... soon made it worth the Khalifa's while to understand the necessity of introducing me to the Mahârâjah . The next day but one was fixed for my appearance at court ; attired and attended as when I entered Lâhaur , I proceeded to the ...
Strana 8
... soon became better acquainted , ) was the most forward ; he was a smart , active young man , with a bold and dissolute cast of countenance ; he commenced caracoling his spirited little nag in circles closer and closer round me , half ...
... soon became better acquainted , ) was the most forward ; he was a smart , active young man , with a bold and dissolute cast of countenance ; he commenced caracoling his spirited little nag in circles closer and closer round me , half ...
Strana 10
... soon be good friends . But tell me , what was this squabble at the gate ? " I related the transaction simply as it happened , and Ranjît re- plied ; " you look as if you spoke the truth , Bellasis ; Nand Singh has been made too much of ...
... soon be good friends . But tell me , what was this squabble at the gate ? " I related the transaction simply as it happened , and Ranjît re- plied ; " you look as if you spoke the truth , Bellasis ; Nand Singh has been made too much of ...
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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.