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.W. H. Allen and Company, 1837 - 436 sayfa |
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admiration Agra Akbur Allahabad animal appearance arrived bank beautiful Begum boat Brahmins British brought building camp carried centre certainly charpáhi David Ochterlony Dehli Dhoon distance dukhaits Dyce elephant Emperor excitement face fear feet fellow foot fortune gate ghát ground hand handsome head heard Himálas Hindu honour horse Hurdwar India jaghir Jehan Jeypore Julius Cæsar Jumna jungul Kahn koolies Kootab lady Landour mahawut marble matchlock ment Merat miles Mirchi morning mountains Musjid Mussoori Muttra natives Nawab never night officers once palace palki party person pony poor prince Punna Rajha remained rendered rest river road ruins rupees Sackville Sahib scarcely scene seen servants Shah Shah Jehan side Sirdhana sport stream style Tajh Mahal tent thing thought thugs tiger tion tomb town travellers village whole
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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 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?" " Married ! certainly, I am married, and have seven handsome husbands, the finest men in the village ; but I cannot say they are such tall straight fellows as the servants who follow you gentlemen from the plains.
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 - Mussulman, had a slavegirl, 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 excuse my giving a slight sketch of it, which may be condensed in very few pages.
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 186 - ... than a few attempts at self-destruction, she was ultimately cast adrift upon the wide world, with no fortune but her native comeliness. This gave her value in the eyes of one of the Rajah's dependents, who obtained permission to take her into his house ; and business soon after carrying him to Delhi, he disposed of her to my servant, Secundur Kahn, for the trifle abovementioned, being wearied of the poor girl's unbending indifference. ' At the time that Secundur Kahn related this tale to me,...
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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...