Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... duty incumbent on all military officers to be- come acquainted with the language of the country wherein they serve , and more especially if likely to be there located for many years . Suppose , for instance , a case of detached duty ...
... duty incumbent on all military officers to be- come acquainted with the language of the country wherein they serve , and more especially if likely to be there located for many years . Suppose , for instance , a case of detached duty ...
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... duty until finally appointed to regiments . The sircar procured for us a comfortable budgerow of sixteen oars , and early in September we embarked . In the mean time our days passed remarkably pleasantly in Calcutta . All was new and ...
... duty until finally appointed to regiments . The sircar procured for us a comfortable budgerow of sixteen oars , and early in September we embarked . In the mean time our days passed remarkably pleasantly in Calcutta . All was new and ...
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... duty , however , seldom required in a voyage against the current , except for the pur- pose of crossing from one side of the river to the other . To return . On the morrow , at the first glimpse of dawn , our ark was cast off , and com ...
... duty , however , seldom required in a voyage against the current , except for the pur- pose of crossing from one side of the river to the other . To return . On the morrow , at the first glimpse of dawn , our ark was cast off , and com ...
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... duty . Cheroots and a little grog soon restored their equanimity ; a new lesson had , however , been taught them . For- tunately they received it in Bengal . In upper India they would have fared differently , and not so well . The ...
... duty . Cheroots and a little grog soon restored their equanimity ; a new lesson had , however , been taught them . For- tunately they received it in Bengal . In upper India they would have fared differently , and not so well . The ...
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... duty at the main guard to - day . " " Hum ! " again . After a pause " Put these young men in the book to attend all parades , drills , guard - mountings , and the officer of the day in his rounds , till further orders . " We sat for a ...
... duty at the main guard to - day . " " Hum ! " again . After a pause " Put these young men in the book to attend all parades , drills , guard - mountings , and the officer of the day in his rounds , till further orders . " We sat for a ...
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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...