Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, 2권 |
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... fortune - teller . Poor Arima was , like the rest of the world , not contented with knowing what God has thought sufficient to reveal . No , she longed to take a peep behind the curtain of futurity ; and , when the old beldame visited ...
... fortune - teller . Poor Arima was , like the rest of the world , not contented with knowing what God has thought sufficient to reveal . No , she longed to take a peep behind the curtain of futurity ; and , when the old beldame visited ...
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... fortunes to one out of four great professions , into which we are divided , like the castes of Hin- dostan ? Can a poor man obtain justice with the same ease as a rich one ? No. But I wave this question , because , I believe , except in ...
... fortunes to one out of four great professions , into which we are divided , like the castes of Hin- dostan ? Can a poor man obtain justice with the same ease as a rich one ? No. But I wave this question , because , I believe , except in ...
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... fortune had raised them ; indeed , my authority does not say that they once thought of the Malabar cot- tage , in which they had spent the happy days of their first loves . It might be supposed , from reading , that Hin- doos are ...
... fortune had raised them ; indeed , my authority does not say that they once thought of the Malabar cot- tage , in which they had spent the happy days of their first loves . It might be supposed , from reading , that Hin- doos are ...
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... fortunes of men and women in India . Scindeah rose from a low station and caste ; so did Holkar ; and dancing - girls , who are nearly always slaves , have often been elevated to thrones by the magic power of beauty ; for that and great ...
... fortunes of men and women in India . Scindeah rose from a low station and caste ; so did Holkar ; and dancing - girls , who are nearly always slaves , have often been elevated to thrones by the magic power of beauty ; for that and great ...
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... fortune : My cutter , ' said he , will lay you high and dry in Dover before dark ; you will find excellent cheer at the Union tavern , kept by my friend , Mrs. Jell ; and by to- morrow's coach you may be in London ; when , perhaps , by ...
... fortune : My cutter , ' said he , will lay you high and dry in Dover before dark ; you will find excellent cheer at the Union tavern , kept by my friend , Mrs. Jell ; and by to- morrow's coach you may be in London ; when , perhaps , by ...
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amusement answered appearance Arima attorney Bappo barrister beautiful behold bosom brahmans bright eyes charms cheer Chittamun Doss coach comfort countenance court Dash daughter dear delight dress Dublin Dundalk Edward exclaimed face father favour feel felt fond fortune Futteh Amul Singh girls Green Castle grief hand happy Hattima head hear heard heart heaven Hindoo honour hope husband India Ireland justice knew lady laugh living look Lord Mountwilliam lordship Matilda melancholy miles mind Mootee Moota mother native nature nearly neighbours never Newry night noble numbers opium panjait passed peeping pleasure poor profes purdah racter Raja rich Rockites round saurie scene seat seemed sight sister smile soon soul spirit suttee sweet Table Bay tears thee thing thou thought tion town Warrenpoint whilst whole wife wish young
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135 페이지 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
215 페이지 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
217 페이지 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
167 페이지 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
137 페이지 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
296 페이지 - Such is the powre of that sweet passion, That it all sordid basenesse doth expell, And the refyned mynd doth newly fashion Unto a fairer forme, which now doth dwell In his high thought, that would it selfe excell, Which he beholding still with constant sight, Admires the mirrour of so heavenly light.
46 페이지 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
127 페이지 - WE may roam through this world, like a child at a feast. Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest ; And, when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and be off to the west...
95 페이지 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
38 페이지 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are linked in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...