Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Band 2 |
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... passing wind Awakens all the music of the mind ; And joy and sorrow , as the spirit burns , And hope and memory sweep the chords by turns . " MONTGOMERY . At this melting period of time I have frequently seen crowds of Hindoos , male ...
... passing wind Awakens all the music of the mind ; And joy and sorrow , as the spirit burns , And hope and memory sweep the chords by turns . " MONTGOMERY . At this melting period of time I have frequently seen crowds of Hindoos , male ...
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... I had received some pleasure from seeing some of them peeping after me as I passed ; for they are not at all void of curiosity , and such a strange animal as I seemed to them naturally drew their bright eyes . Well 10 INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE .
... I had received some pleasure from seeing some of them peeping after me as I passed ; for they are not at all void of curiosity , and such a strange animal as I seemed to them naturally drew their bright eyes . Well 10 INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE .
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... passed her several times : she always did as her husband had desired , and as she had promised . The Raja never looked particularly at her ; and she began to think it strange that her fine shape should not have at- tracted his ...
... passed her several times : she always did as her husband had desired , and as she had promised . The Raja never looked particularly at her ; and she began to think it strange that her fine shape should not have at- tracted his ...
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... passed to prevent the harrowing mischief of a traffic in females ! It happened that there lived , in the province of Malabar , a young man of the Teerettee tribe , named Mootee Moota . He was not only respected for his good qualities ...
... passed to prevent the harrowing mischief of a traffic in females ! It happened that there lived , in the province of Malabar , a young man of the Teerettee tribe , named Mootee Moota . He was not only respected for his good qualities ...
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... passed over one shoulder , and under the other arm ; being made fast , after coming round the back , to the petticoat . This displayed the beautiful texture of a considerable portion of her body , and its glossy softness , without ...
... passed over one shoulder , and under the other arm ; being made fast , after coming round the back , to the petticoat . This displayed the beautiful texture of a considerable portion of her body , and its glossy softness , without ...
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Seite 135 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Seite 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Seite 217 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Seite 167 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Seite 137 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
Seite 296 - Such is the powre of that sweet passion, That it all sordid basenesse doth expell, And the refyned mynd doth newly fashion Unto a fairer forme, which now doth dwell In his high thought, that would it selfe excell, Which he beholding still with constant sight, Admires the mirrour of so heavenly light.
Seite 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Seite 127 - WE may roam through this world, like a child at a feast. Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest ; And, when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and be off to the west...
Seite 95 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 38 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are linked in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...