 | 1816 - 612 Seiten
...above their neighbour!, might si. '... ii his estimation, almost to the level of the opposite defect!. It may therefore assist in appreciating their situation...the aspects they would present to a traveller from Engliuid, and one from India. " If a man could be transported from Engliind to the Alghaun country,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 480 Seiten
...bear of India, the other is of a dirty white, or rather of a yellow colour. General Aspect of Cavbul. If a man could be transported from England to the...dominions of Turkey, Persia, or Tartary, he would be ama/.ed at the wide and unfrequented deserts, and the mountains, covered with perennial snow. Even... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 374 Seiten
...mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power ; and the manly virtues that raise them above their neighbours might sink in his estimation almost to the level of...If a man could be transported from England to the Afghan country without passing through the dominions of Turkey, Persia, or Tartary, he would be amazed... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 480 Seiten
...mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power; and the manly virtues that raise them above their neighbours might sink in his estimation almost to the level of...If a man could be transported from England to the Afghan country without passing through the dominions of Turkey, Persia, or Tartary, he would be amazed... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 380 Seiten
...mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power ; and the manly virtues that raise them above their neighbours might sink in his estimation almost to the level of...to a traveller from England, and to one from India. tamarisk and thorny shrubs, about 120 miles square, on the banks of the Indus. Its principal town is... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1836 - 364 Seiten
...mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power ; and the manly virtues that raise them above their neighbours might sink in his estimation almost to the level of the opposite defects. It may therefore assist in appieciating their situation and character, to figure the aspects they would present to a traveller... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1842 - 360 Seiten
...mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power ; and the manly virtues that raise them above their neighbours might sink in his estimation almost to the level of...If a man could be transported from England to the Afghan country without passing through the dominions of Turkey, Persia, or Tartary, he would be amazed... | |
 | 1842 - 528 Seiten
...whose judgment and discrimination are entitled to the highest respect. Mr. Elphinstone remarks, that " If a man could be transported from England to the...passing through the dominions of Turkey, Persia, or 1 artary, lie would be amazed at the wide and unfrequented deserts, arid the mountains, covered with... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1901 - 366 Seiten
...anarchy and arbitary power; and the manly virtues that raiM them above their neighbours might sink in bis estimation almost to the level of the opposite defects....the aspects they would present to a traveller from Englaud, and to one from India. tamarisk and thorny shrubs, about l20 mile* square, on the banks of... | |
 | Samuel Kasha Nweeya - 1913 - 508 Seiten
...mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power; and the manly virtues that raise them above their neighbors might sink in his estimation almost to the level of...character, to figure the aspects they would present to a traveler from England, and to one from India. " If a man could be transported from England to the Afghan... | |
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... reference to such a comparison, would appear to Europeans to predominate in their character. The freedom which forms their grand distinction among the nations of the East might seem to an Englishman a mixture of anarchy and arbitrary power ; and the... 
