Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... hundred tons burden , and consequently able to make its way in safety up to Calcutta . Early the following morning we prepared to go ashore , i . e . the passengers who still remained on board ; for some had previously quitted in native ...
... hundred tons burden , and consequently able to make its way in safety up to Calcutta . Early the following morning we prepared to go ashore , i . e . the passengers who still remained on board ; for some had previously quitted in native ...
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... hundred torch- bearers , and followed by as many more . Each torch had numerous lights branching out like trees . The rajah himself was literally covered from head to foot with jewels - his turban , body- dress , and sandals , being one ...
... hundred torch- bearers , and followed by as many more . Each torch had numerous lights branching out like trees . The rajah himself was literally covered from head to foot with jewels - his turban , body- dress , and sandals , being one ...
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... hundred miles , to the Calcutta jail , No. 1 , Cheringhee , it can- not be a matter of surprise that little scruple should be made as to the means of evading a sheriff's officer . The sepoys have a fierce hatred of the genus , and would ...
... hundred miles , to the Calcutta jail , No. 1 , Cheringhee , it can- not be a matter of surprise that little scruple should be made as to the means of evading a sheriff's officer . The sepoys have a fierce hatred of the genus , and would ...
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... hundreds , if not thousands , of geese , ducks , teals , divers , and many other birds , are to be found there . Each boat is attended by a single native , who manages it by means of a bamboo pole , which is pressed against the side or ...
... hundreds , if not thousands , of geese , ducks , teals , divers , and many other birds , are to be found there . Each boat is attended by a single native , who manages it by means of a bamboo pole , which is pressed against the side or ...
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... hundred million solid feet . In the neighbourhood of Colgong , where the depth of the river is in many places upwards of seventy feet , new islands have risen to more than twenty feet above the level of the stream . At about two hundred ...
... hundred million solid feet . In the neighbourhood of Colgong , where the depth of the river is in many places upwards of seventy feet , new islands have risen to more than twenty feet above the level of the stream . At about two hundred ...
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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...