A Gallop to the Antipodes: Returning Overland Through IndiaJ. F. Hope, 1858 - 392 Seiten |
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Seite 37 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuons eye, 'And smiling say —
Seite 59 - No religious test shall be administered to any person in order to entitle him to be admitted as a student of the said university or to hold office therein or to graduate thereat or to hold any advantage or privilege thereof.
Seite 367 - ... quivering with vermin, are lying in every corner of the street; now a bridal, or a circumcising procession, squeezes along, with, music that might madden a drummer; now the running footmen of some bey or pasha endeavour to jostle you towards the wall; unless they recognise you as an Englishman — one of that race whom they think the devil himself can't frighten, or teach manners to.
Seite 37 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon, and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind.
Seite 373 - European, with its regular houses, tall, and white, and stiff; the other half, Oriental, with its mud-coloured buildings and terraced roofs, varied with fat mosques and lean minarets. The suburbs are encrusted with the wretched- hovels of the Arab poor; and immense mounds and tracts of rubbish occupy the wide space between the city and its walls: all beyond is a dreary waste.
Seite 20 - Dinner shall commence at one o'clock pm, and supper at six pm 8. The fires shall be extinguished at seven pm, unless otherwise directed by the master or required for the use of the sick ; and the emigrants shall be in their berths at ten...
Seite 21 - ... to sweep the decks after every meal and to dry, holystone and scrape them after breakfast. 12 But the occupant of each berth to see that his own berth is well brushed out, and single women are to keep their own compartments clean in ships where a separate compartment is allotted to them.
Seite 306 - Public works have been almost entirely neglected throughout India. . . .The motto hitherto has been: 'Do nothing, have nothing done, let nobody do anything. Bear any loss, let the people die of famine, let hundreds of lakhs be lost in revenue for want of water, or roads, rather than do anything.
Seite 37 - ... clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind. I often used to sit and view the moon for...
Seite 368 - ... something between a friar and a saint of Islam. Here, is a water-carrier, with his jar of cool sherbet, adorned with fresh flowers: he tinkles little brazen saucers to announce his progress , and receives half a farthing for each draught. There, is a beggar devouring his crust, but religiously leaving a portion of it in some clean spot for the wild dogs. Now, an old man stoops to pick up a piece of paper, and to put it by, "lest," says he, "the name of G-od he written on it, and it be denied.