Calcutta Review, Bände 7-8University of Calcutta, 1847 |
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in charge of the Ghiljí country . Yar Mahommed and his brothers succeeded to the Government of Peshawur . And the Shah Zadah Sultan Ali , Dost Mahommed's puppet sunk quietly into the insignificance of private life . But this did not ...
in charge of the Ghiljí country . Yar Mahommed and his brothers succeeded to the Government of Peshawur . And the Shah Zadah Sultan Ali , Dost Mahommed's puppet sunk quietly into the insignificance of private life . But this did not ...
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... charge of hypocrisy , a public acknowledge- ment of his past errors and a profession of a reformation . " The days , " says General Harlan , and the truth of the state- ment is not to be questioned , " that Dost Mahommed ascen- ' ded ...
... charge of hypocrisy , a public acknowledge- ment of his past errors and a profession of a reformation . " The days , " says General Harlan , and the truth of the state- ment is not to be questioned , " that Dost Mahommed ascen- ' ded ...
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... charge against the cavalry of these Feringhí dogs ; in that onset he will fall ; then go and make your own terms with Shah Sújah . " * The noble spirit- stirring appeal was vainly uttered , few responded to it . There was scarcely a ...
... charge against the cavalry of these Feringhí dogs ; in that onset he will fall ; then go and make your own terms with Shah Sújah . " * The noble spirit- stirring appeal was vainly uttered , few responded to it . There was scarcely a ...
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... , now seemed to have arrived . He had met the British troops in the field , and at the head of a little band of horsemen , had driven back the Cavalry of the Feringhis - his last charge had been a 58 DOST MAHOMMED KHAN .
... , now seemed to have arrived . He had met the British troops in the field , and at the head of a little band of horsemen , had driven back the Cavalry of the Feringhis - his last charge had been a 58 DOST MAHOMMED KHAN .
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of the Feringhis - his last charge had been a noble one , he might now retire from the contest without a blot upon his name . So thought the Ex - Amír ; as was his wont , taking counsel of his saddle . None knew in the British Camp ...
of the Feringhis - his last charge had been a noble one , he might now retire from the contest without a blot upon his name . So thought the Ex - Amír ; as was his wont , taking counsel of his saddle . None knew in the British Camp ...
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Affghan agent Amír amongst appears authority Bengal Brahman British Government Calcutta Captain Durand Cashmere character charge chief Chinsurah circumstances civil Commissioner Company Company's conduct Confucius consequence consideration Council course districts Dost Mahommed Dost Mahommed Khan Durbar duty England English established European force give Goomsur Governor Governor-General Herat Hindu India interest judges justice Kabul Kandahar Khan Khonds Kiernander labours Lahore lakhs land letter Lieut Lord Lord Hardinge Madras Maharajah maunds ment miles Mission missionary Mohan Lal moral Moulmein native nature never Nuncomar object officers opinion parties persons Peshawur Planter political Portuguese possession present principle proceedings provinces Punjab railway Rajah received regard rendered respect revenue river rupees Ryot salt sent Shah Sheik shew Sikh Sindh Singh Sir Elijah Impey Sirdar society Supreme Court thing tion trade Tranquebar tribes troops truth whilst whole Zemindar
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Seite 47 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Seite 47 - Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
Seite 169 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Seite 47 - And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root ; We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot. Ah! well a-day ! what evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
Seite 243 - WHO has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples, and grottoes, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave...
Seite 66 - His majesty the king of Ava cedes to the British government the conquered provinces of Yeh, Ta'voy, and Mergui, and Tenasserim, with the islands and dependencies thereunto appertaining, taking the Saluen river, as the line of demarcation on that frontier.
Seite 442 - This is true Liberty, when free-born Men, Having to advise the Public, may speak free, Which he who can, and will, deserv's high praise; Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace, What can be juster in a state then this?
Seite 165 - WHY should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has will'd, we die", Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh...
Seite 481 - ... of the Company. If it was constituted to protect the people from oppression, that design would be entirely frustrated were the Board at liberty to employ agents who should be exempt from its authority ; and you will have seen many instances in the papers which I have sent home of the most glaring acts of oppression committed by the Board which would have produced the ruin of the parties over whom they were exercised but for the protection of the Court.
Seite 268 - State ; but in all cases or questions which may be referred to the British Government, the Governor-General will give the aid of his advice and good offices for the furtherance of the interests of the Lahore Government. Article 16. The subjects of either State shall, on visiting the territories of the other, be on the footing of the subjects of the most favoured nation.