First Impressions and Studies from Nature in Hindostan: Embracing an Outline of the Voyage to Calcutta, and Five Years Residence in Bengal and the Doáb, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI.

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W. H. Allen and Company, 1837 - 436 sayfa
 

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Sayfa 89 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat — Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets — Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Sayfa 50 - Bankipore, a civil station in his immediate neighbourhood ; and Bishop Heber seems scarcely to have done justice to this excellent man, in ascribing his popularity to the smoothness of his manners and his tact in administering to the self-love of his associates. Father Julius Caesar is a Franciscan friar, wearing the garb and practising the self-denial enjoined by his order, the products of his little cure being barely adequate to the support of a very humble establishment. The Begum's court at Seerdhuna...
Sayfa 56 - The crowds assembled outside the palace walls, and on the roads, were immense, and one scene of lamentation and sorrow was apparent ; the grief was deep and silent, the clustered groups talked of nothing but the heavy loss they had sustained, and the intensity of their sorrow was pictured in their countenances, nor did they separate during the night ; according to the custom of the country, the whole of the dependants observed a strict fast ; there was no preparing of meals, no retiring to rest ;...
Sayfa 51 - ... British residents at Bankipore, a civil station in his immediate neighbourhood ; and Bishop Heber seems scarcely to have done justice to this excellent man, in ascribing his popularity to the smoothness of his manners and his tact in administering to the self-love of his associates. Father Julius Caesar is a Franciscan friar, wearing the garb and practising the self-denial enjoined by his order, the products of his little cure being barely adequate to the support of a very humble establishment.
Sayfa 182 - ... traffic in slaves is considered to have been long since abolished, but it is still surreptitiously practised throughout the upper provinces, and at any of these fairs, girls may be purchased : they are generally from Georgia, Cashmeir, Kabul, the Punjab, or Moultan. 'One of my servants, a Musselman, had a slave-girl, whom he had purchased for the sum of twenty-four rupees, about £2. Her history, as far as she was herself acquainted with it, is a very romantic one, and the reader will perhaps...
Sayfa 57 - Christians of the artillery battalion, under a canopy, supported by the principal officers of her late highness's troops, and the pall by Messrs. Dyce Sombre, Solaroli, Drever, and Troup, preceded by the whole of her highness's body guards, followed by the Bishop, chaunting portions of the service, aided by the choristers of the cathedral. After them, the magistrate, Mr. Hamilton, and then the chief officers of the household, the whole brought up by a battalion of her late highness's infantry, and...
Sayfa 90 - Yes, even there you could tell me much which I do not know. But have you no family or home to talk to me about ? there I cannot enter, and can only learn by hear-say. Are you married?
Sayfa 272 - ... really sorry to part with that which in a few short minutes would be corruption. Twice or thrice, he inquired impatiently if the preparations were not concluded ; and at last he begged that a message might be taken to the Brigadier, requesting him to form up the troops with as little delay as possible ; but all this was done deliberately and with perfect self-possession. Eight o'clock was the hour appointed for the execution ; and, as the city clocks struck, the Brigadier sent word that all was...
Sayfa 271 - ... charpahi, with his padri opposite to him, and commenced the recital of his prayers, which appeared to exist more in form than in petition ; for while still muttering the words after the priest, he saluted us cordially, and soon found an opportunity of inquiring if Mr. Metcalfe had arrived, and...
Sayfa 183 - ... and master; and being in fear of vengeance from him, upon whom she had turned her back, she quitted the neighbourhood and fled with her new spouse to Almora. Here they continued to live in peace and happiness for several years, having a bond of unity in the existence of a little daughter, who was considered the beauty of the place. When the daughter had arrived at the age of ten years, she was one day playing, with others of her acquaintance, in the neighbourhood of the temples, when she was...

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