Life in India: Or, The English at Calcutta, Volym 2H. Colburn, 1828 |
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... himself sufficiently recovered to travel dawk to Patna , whence he could take boat for Calcutta , and go down speedily and easily with the north- west monsoon . CHAPTER III . Anxious to please , they give to 52 LIFE IN INDIA .
... himself sufficiently recovered to travel dawk to Patna , whence he could take boat for Calcutta , and go down speedily and easily with the north- west monsoon . CHAPTER III . Anxious to please , they give to 52 LIFE IN INDIA .
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... western gate , just opposite to them , returning from what Bently conjectured to be an unsuccessful morning's search . Their keepers in long leashes led the hunting leopards , with * Hunting leopards . but as their hoods drawn down over ...
... western gate , just opposite to them , returning from what Bently conjectured to be an unsuccessful morning's search . Their keepers in long leashes led the hunting leopards , with * Hunting leopards . but as their hoods drawn down over ...
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... west monsoon , which had not yet changed . To Mrs. Bently and her sister , the scene was new and interesting ; every reach of the river presented subjects for the pencil ; and when the tide failed them , and they were obliged to track ...
... west monsoon , which had not yet changed . To Mrs. Bently and her sister , the scene was new and interesting ; every reach of the river presented subjects for the pencil ; and when the tide failed them , and they were obliged to track ...
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... West belonged was or- dered to Cawnpore , and on its arrival , Indian etiquette demanded that the new comers should upon wait the residents . West had not forgot- ten LIFE IN INDIA . 221 CHAPTER XI. ...
... West belonged was or- dered to Cawnpore , and on its arrival , Indian etiquette demanded that the new comers should upon wait the residents . West had not forgot- ten LIFE IN INDIA . 221 CHAPTER XI. ...
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... West was not of a temper to retain anger in such circumstances , particularly when she added , " I hope you blame Mrs. Ponsonby for my exhibition of Cal- cutta dignity , not me ; " and , turning to her husband , " I was naughty under ...
... West was not of a temper to retain anger in such circumstances , particularly when she added , " I hope you blame Mrs. Ponsonby for my exhibition of Cal- cutta dignity , not me ; " and , turning to her husband , " I was naughty under ...
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Life in India: Or, The English at Calcutta, Volym 2 Mrs. Monkland Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1828 |
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Archibald Cary Coolidge arms arrived attendance ayah bank Barrackpore beautiful Benares Bently's boat Bowlow Calcutta Captain Bently carriage Cawnpore Charlotte cold Colonel Courtney Colonel Howard command creature Cumberland dawk dear delight dread Dundas Elizabeth Percy escape exclaimed eyes fate fear feelings felt Flora Fortescue ghauts give Goorkahs hand happiness Harriet head heard heart Hindoo honour hope horses hour husband impossible India instant jungle ladies leave letter light look loved Marriot matchlock Melville ment mind misery Miss Hume Miss Percy mistress morning mountains native never night observed palanquin pariah dog party passed Patna Percy's pinnace pleasure Ponsonby present received rendered rest returned river rolling stone round Russell Russell's Sahib scene seemed sepoys servants ship side sight sirdar bearer sister Somerville soon stream suffering tears thing thought tion trees turned voice waiting walked West wife wish
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Sida 183 - Thames! Large, gentle, deep, majestic, king of floods! Chose for his grand resort. On either hand, Like a long wintry forest, groves of masts Shot up their spires; the bellying sheet between Possess'd the breezy void!
Sida 100 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free ? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass ? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Sida 210 - The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.
Sida 133 - Had we never loved so kindly, ' Had we never loved so blindly, ' Never met or never parted, ' We had ne'er been broken•hearted.
Sida 59 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Sida 133 - Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest! Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure!
Sida 110 - They have but fallen before us: for, one day, we must fall. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes; it howls in thy empty court, and whistles round thy half-worn shield.
Sida 29 - Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand, It shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; From courts to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Sida 114 - Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, — with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning, is the sun of his system ; and round this centre every doctrine issuing from his lips, every grace beaming in his soul, moved harmoniously.