Our Last Years in IndiaSmith, Elder, 1862 - 331 pàgines |
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Pàgina 32
... sort of meteorological Pandora , bringing in its box every evil thing , from an earthquake to a potato blight ; so let the hope at the bottom be that it may never return . The atmosphere of the Red Sea is singu- larly clear , so much so ...
... sort of meteorological Pandora , bringing in its box every evil thing , from an earthquake to a potato blight ; so let the hope at the bottom be that it may never return . The atmosphere of the Red Sea is singu- larly clear , so much so ...
Pàgina 35
... sort of established local joke to substitute the round pieces of tin on soda - water corks for these sixpences . The Somalis are not natives of Aden , but come from the African coast ; and a most repulsive - looking set of savages they ...
... sort of established local joke to substitute the round pieces of tin on soda - water corks for these sixpences . The Somalis are not natives of Aden , but come from the African coast ; and a most repulsive - looking set of savages they ...
Pàgina 42
... sort of light , tilted , two - wheeled van , at six A.M. , and reached Toka , on the Godavery , at about three P.M. I was delighted to observe that the spirit of progress had been active in the bungalow , wonderfully active considering ...
... sort of light , tilted , two - wheeled van , at six A.M. , and reached Toka , on the Godavery , at about three P.M. I was delighted to observe that the spirit of progress had been active in the bungalow , wonderfully active considering ...
Pàgina 43
... sort of equine Pariah , ill - conditioned , hard- mouthed , and obstinate , generally - and by a palanquin in which I was to proceed to Aurungabad . J- -was unable to come out , for all the cavalry and artillery officers having been ...
... sort of equine Pariah , ill - conditioned , hard- mouthed , and obstinate , generally - and by a palanquin in which I was to proceed to Aurungabad . J- -was unable to come out , for all the cavalry and artillery officers having been ...
Pàgina 44
... sort of dark , fir - tree , blue - green is the prevailing hue of Eastern foliage ; on the contrary , nature seems here quite to revel in diversified tinting . The trees in India are , as a rule , only partially and gradu- ally ...
... sort of dark , fir - tree , blue - green is the prevailing hue of Eastern foliage ; on the contrary , nature seems here quite to revel in diversified tinting . The trees in India are , as a rule , only partially and gradu- ally ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 162 - God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said ; come, let us go.
Pàgina 168 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Pàgina 29 - And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Pàgina 161 - If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind, have mercy, almighty, have mercy.