Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... trees . The rajah himself was literally covered from head to foot with jewels - his turban , body- dress , and sandals , being one dazzling blaze of diamonds , & c . He appeared to be no more than fifteen years of age , and he was accom ...
... trees . The rajah himself was literally covered from head to foot with jewels - his turban , body- dress , and sandals , being one dazzling blaze of diamonds , & c . He appeared to be no more than fifteen years of age , and he was accom ...
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... trees , villages , and other objects ashore , as they seem gliding by in ever - changing panoramic review . In addition to the budgerow , we were pro- vided with a smaller boat , which was appropri- ated to kitchen duties : it was also ...
... trees , villages , and other objects ashore , as they seem gliding by in ever - changing panoramic review . In addition to the budgerow , we were pro- vided with a smaller boat , which was appropri- ated to kitchen duties : it was also ...
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... a little , ugly ten - headed and fifty - armed image under a banyan tree . They had seen many such that * There are no stones in the plains of Hindostan . they could have bought for two or three pice a- 46 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
... a little , ugly ten - headed and fifty - armed image under a banyan tree . They had seen many such that * There are no stones in the plains of Hindostan . they could have bought for two or three pice a- 46 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
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... tree . Here we were detained for a couple of hours , and were ob- liged to ask assistance from our consort . The water being very deep , it was with ... trees submerged , having been totally uprooted by the force 50 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
... tree . Here we were detained for a couple of hours , and were ob- liged to ask assistance from our consort . The water being very deep , it was with ... trees submerged , having been totally uprooted by the force 50 MEMOIRS OF A CADET .
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Albert Fenton. trees submerged , having been totally uprooted by the force of the current , and lying prostrate in the newly - made bed . They occur frequently in deep water , and not ... trees submerged, having been totally uprooted ...
Albert Fenton. trees submerged , having been totally uprooted by the force of the current , and lying prostrate in the newly - made bed . They occur frequently in deep water , and not ... trees submerged, having been totally uprooted ...
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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...