Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... jour- neyings on the Ganges , or other rivers of India . This vessel is decked over with planks , and on the after part is erected what may be called a poop , which occupies about two thirds of the whole CHAPTER II. ...
... jour- neyings on the Ganges , or other rivers of India . This vessel is decked over with planks , and on the after part is erected what may be called a poop , which occupies about two thirds of the whole CHAPTER II. ...
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... are exceedingly dangerous in the Ganges . The river changes its course so rapidly , by undermining the banks , that I have seen whole groves of large forest trees submerged , having been totally uprooted by the force 50 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
... are exceedingly dangerous in the Ganges . The river changes its course so rapidly , by undermining the banks , that I have seen whole groves of large forest trees submerged , having been totally uprooted by the force 50 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
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... Ganges . The inhabitants settle themselves far- ther in - shore , where they build new walls , and place the old roof thereon . The natives , speaking of this occurrence , say such and such a village has run away . A village will also ...
... Ganges . The inhabitants settle themselves far- ther in - shore , where they build new walls , and place the old roof thereon . The natives , speaking of this occurrence , say such and such a village has run away . A village will also ...
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... Ganges , or Hooghly , or Cossim- bazar river , for at this part it is known by all these names . Milden had principally occupied himself in the study of Hindostanee . I also had applied myself to the same pursuit , pretty well for me ...
... Ganges , or Hooghly , or Cossim- bazar river , for at this part it is known by all these names . Milden had principally occupied himself in the study of Hindostanee . I also had applied myself to the same pursuit , pretty well for me ...
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... Ganges , after quitting the mountains , is by sur- vey averaged at four inches in the mile . From the breaking up of the rainy season , in the month of September , to its recommencement late in June , rain is scarcely known to fall , ex ...
... Ganges , after quitting the mountains , is by sur- vey averaged at four inches in the mile . From the breaking up of the rainy season , in the month of September , to its recommencement late in June , rain is scarcely known to fall , ex ...
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afterwards Agra Allahabad amongst amusement appeared arms arrival Askern bank battalion beautiful became Benares Bengal Berhampore boat budgerow building Buxar Calcutta called Calpee cantonment Cawnpore centre command commenced Cossimbazar Delhi delightful Dinapore distance dome durzee duty EDMUND LODGE elephants English Etawah European feet flowers four Ganges gentleman ghaut head height Hindoos hundred India Jumna ladies LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS Lucknow mahout Mahumedan master ment Milden miles military morning mosque Muttra native night Nuwab o'clock O'Farrel occasion officers OTLEY ourselves Paddy palace palkee Pariah dogs party passed Post 8vo proceeded rain rainy season regiment rise river road round rupees Sahib Scarsdale sentries sepoy servants Shah Juhan side sircar soldiers Speering square station stone Taje Taje Muhal Thornel tion travelling trees vessel village voyage wall white marble whole wind yards young
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Seite 124 - From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 144 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Seite 172 - ... of fifty feet, above which the wall is raised about fourteen feet, to hide the shaft of the dome; in the four less sides, formed by cutting off the angle of the square, a double range of arches rises to the top ; but here, instead of raising the wall, whose uniformity would destroy its beauty, a small pavilion, crowned by a dome, is raised at each great angle of the building, and fills up the hollow bosom of the shaft. The outside is beautifully inlaid with white marble ; the plan of the edifice...