Calcutta Review, Volum 7University of Calcutta, 1847 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 100.
Pàgina 16
... never lived to grow wiser , gave him- self such airs , and asserted such ridiculous pretensions , that a quarrel arose ; and , on being defeated in the conflict which ensued , he was driven back into ignominious privacy . An- other ...
... never lived to grow wiser , gave him- self such airs , and asserted such ridiculous pretensions , that a quarrel arose ; and , on being defeated in the conflict which ensued , he was driven back into ignominious privacy . An- other ...
Pàgina 19
... never quitted the bed of sickness until he was carried to the tomb . * On the death of Azím Khan , ( in 1823 , ) Ishmael , the son of Shah Ayub - the youth , who had murdered Sultan Ali- persuaded his father to seize the wealth of the ...
... never quitted the bed of sickness until he was carried to the tomb . * On the death of Azím Khan , ( in 1823 , ) Ishmael , the son of Shah Ayub - the youth , who had murdered Sultan Ali- persuaded his father to seize the wealth of the ...
Pàgina 23
... never passed the peti- tioner - never rode on ; but would rein in his horse , listen to the complaints of the poorest of his subjects , and give direc- tions to his attendants to take the necessary steps to render jus- tice to the ...
... never passed the peti- tioner - never rode on ; but would rein in his horse , listen to the complaints of the poorest of his subjects , and give direc- tions to his attendants to take the necessary steps to render jus- tice to the ...
Pàgina 30
... never forgotten or forgiven . 66 We now nearly approach the period at which the stirring career of Dost Mahommed assumes a new and peculiar in- terest as bearing upon the most eventful epoch of the recent history of British India . The ...
... never forgotten or forgiven . 66 We now nearly approach the period at which the stirring career of Dost Mahommed assumes a new and peculiar in- terest as bearing upon the most eventful epoch of the recent history of British India . The ...
Pàgina 37
... never attaches his signature to a letter , we must express our very positive incredulity ; but we agree with him , in thinking , that , under the circumstances of the case , he would have been more inclined to omit , than to attach ...
... never attaches his signature to a letter , we must express our very positive incredulity ; but we agree with him , in thinking , that , under the circumstances of the case , he would have been more inclined to omit , than to attach ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
Affghan Affghanistan affray Amír amongst appears army arrived authority Bengal blessing British Calcutta Carne's carried Ceylon character charge chief Chinsurah Christian Church command Company Company's Confucius congregation Council Cudalore death Dost Mahommed Dost Mahommed Khan Dutch duty East England English European evil force give Government Governor Governor-General hand heathen Herat Hindu India Indigo interest Island judge justice Kabul Kandahar Kandy Khan Kiernander Kiernander's king labours land Lattials letter Lord Madras Maharajah maunds ment merchants military Mission missionary Mohan Lal moral native Nawab never Nuncomar object officers parties persons Peshawur Planter political Pollonaruwa Portuguese possession present prince railway readers received regard religion respect revenue river rupees Ryot salt sent servants Shah shew Sikhs Sindh Singh Sir Elijah Impey Society soldiers Supreme Court Tamul thing tion trade Tranquebar Trincomalee troops truth visited Yar Mahomed Zemindar
Passatges populars
Pàgina xl - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Pàgina 175 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Pàgina 448 - THIS is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free ; Which he who can, and will, deserves high praise ; Who neither can, nor will, may hold his peace ; What can be juster in a state than this ? FROM HORACE.
Pàgina xxxviii - Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires ; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame, When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name; My fancy form'd thee of angelic...
Pàgina 51 - You have eaten my salt," he said, " these thirteen years. If, as is too plain, you are resolved to seek a new master, grant me but one favour in requital for that long period of maintenance and kindness — enable me to die with honour. Stand by the brother of Futteh Khan...
Pàgina 448 - This is true Liberty, when free-born Men, Having to advise the Public, may speak free, Which he who can, and will, deserv's high praise; Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace, What can be juster in a state then this?
Pàgina 503 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
Pàgina 470 - ... of Great Britain called England, and to hear and determine and award judgment and execution of all treasons, murders, felonies, forgeries, &c, committed in the districts and provinces, called Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, by British subjects, or other persons who shall at the time of committing them, have been employed by, or shall have been directly or indirectly in the services of the Company.
Pàgina 36 - I stood too much in fear of Vattel to do any such thing; and since he was so friendly to us, said I, give me the letters the agent has brought ; all of which he surrendered sharp ; and I sent an express at once to my Lord A., with a confidential letter to the Governor...
Pàgina 263 - ... were friends to the English, made a large grave, and buried them all in it. The chief of Carwar sent a stone to be put on the grave, with an inscription that this is the burial place of John Best with seventeen other Englishmen, who were sacrificed to the fury of a mad priesthood, and an enraged mob.