Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... Nature laughs out in all the triumph of spring , it may be said , without a metaphor , that in her thousand varieties of flowers , we see the sweetest of her smiles ; that through them , we comprehend the exultation of her joys ; and ...
... Nature laughs out in all the triumph of spring , it may be said , without a metaphor , that in her thousand varieties of flowers , we see the sweetest of her smiles ; that through them , we comprehend the exultation of her joys ; and ...
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... who delight in elegant and tasteful , but animating composition . It contains a series of elegant essays , on various delightful subjects , in nature , art , and the human mind . " - " -Spectator . VII . MRS . HEMANS ' LIFE . In Two.
... who delight in elegant and tasteful , but animating composition . It contains a series of elegant essays , on various delightful subjects , in nature , art , and the human mind . " - " -Spectator . VII . MRS . HEMANS ' LIFE . In Two.
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... nature . On inquiry we found that the carcass of a defunct elephant , in an advanced stage of decomposition , had struck against our bows , and still lay in our way . Two of the dandees were jerked from the bank where they were tracking ...
... nature . On inquiry we found that the carcass of a defunct elephant , in an advanced stage of decomposition , had struck against our bows , and still lay in our way . Two of the dandees were jerked from the bank where they were tracking ...
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... nature ; and regret for the loss of a companion not often out- lives the day of his funeral , unless the ties of friendship have been very close . This care- lessness does not arise from any want of real kindly 66 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
... nature ; and regret for the loss of a companion not often out- lives the day of his funeral , unless the ties of friendship have been very close . This care- lessness does not arise from any want of real kindly 66 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
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... nature , animate and inanimate , during a thunder- storm , and the wildest spirits seem attempered to seriousness . It is felt as the voice of the Ruler of all worlds , that will be heard and lis- tened to with solemn awe and deep ...
... nature , animate and inanimate , during a thunder- storm , and the wildest spirits seem attempered to seriousness . It is felt as the voice of the Ruler of all worlds , that will be heard and lis- tened to with solemn awe and deep ...
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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...