Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... - place . was little to be seen within the building , except an image of Gunesh having his elephant - head adorned with a chaplet of large jessamine D There flowers . For the enjoyment of this treat we had MEMOIRS OF A CADET . 49.
... - place . was little to be seen within the building , except an image of Gunesh having his elephant - head adorned with a chaplet of large jessamine D There flowers . For the enjoyment of this treat we had MEMOIRS OF A CADET . 49.
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... 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 " run away " in the course of a night , in case of oppression , and many have ...
... 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 " run away " in the course of a night , in case of oppression , and many have ...
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... buildings , each a palace to appearance , and on the northern and southern faces are captains ' and subalterns ' quarters in two ranges , all spacious and excellent , provided with bathing - rooms , and other comforts essential in a ...
... buildings , each a palace to appearance , and on the northern and southern faces are captains ' and subalterns ' quarters in two ranges , all spacious and excellent , provided with bathing - rooms , and other comforts essential in a ...
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... buildings . This minute detail may appear superfluous , but it is nevertheless necessary ; for that identical main guard was on one occasion the conspicuous scene of my juvenile sublimity . It was there that I first mounted guard , and ...
... buildings . This minute detail may appear superfluous , but it is nevertheless necessary ; for that identical main guard was on one occasion the conspicuous scene of my juvenile sublimity . It was there that I first mounted guard , and ...
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... building , constructed in the form of a bee - hive , called by the natives " Gola , " from its round form . It was built many years ago by the British government as a storehouse for grain , when symptoms of failing crops might render it ...
... building , constructed in the form of a bee - hive , called by the natives " Gola , " from its round form . It was built many years ago by the British government as a storehouse for grain , when symptoms of failing crops might render it ...
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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...