The Bokhara VictimsChapman and Hall, 1845 - 307 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... Committee . That Dr. Wolff's generous self - devotion has not produced the effect we wished , we can only express a regret . In this world we cannot com- mand success — we can only endeavour to deserve it . Since Dr. Wolff's departure ...
... Committee . That Dr. Wolff's generous self - devotion has not produced the effect we wished , we can only express a regret . In this world we cannot com- mand success — we can only endeavour to deserve it . Since Dr. Wolff's departure ...
Pàgina 43
... Correspondence with Mr. Addington - Dr . Wolff proposes to go to Bokhara Author's First Interview with Dr. Wolff -Public Meeting - Committee appointed - Interview with the Secretary of State . - CHAPTER III . THE reader may , perhaps , be.
... Correspondence with Mr. Addington - Dr . Wolff proposes to go to Bokhara Author's First Interview with Dr. Wolff -Public Meeting - Committee appointed - Interview with the Secretary of State . - CHAPTER III . THE reader may , perhaps , be.
Pàgina 46
... Committee named was to examine and experiment upon a substance which , it was declared , would resist musket - balls , and on this committee of four I had the honour of being nominated . The Grand Duke ordered that the experiments ...
... Committee named was to examine and experiment upon a substance which , it was declared , would resist musket - balls , and on this committee of four I had the honour of being nominated . The Grand Duke ordered that the experiments ...
Pàgina 69
... committee appointed . To counteract the effect of my pamphlet , I ima- gine , the government published in the newspapers the statement of Saleh Mohammed of what a man had told him ; and this statement was headed in large letters ...
... committee appointed . To counteract the effect of my pamphlet , I ima- gine , the government published in the newspapers the statement of Saleh Mohammed of what a man had told him ; and this statement was headed in large letters ...
Pàgina 70
... committee appointed , which I knew would insure me the interview with the Se- cretary of State , which , as a private citizen , I had solicited in vain . I took the chair on that occasion , wishing to take upon myself the whole ...
... committee appointed , which I knew would insure me the interview with the Se- cretary of State , which , as a private citizen , I had solicited in vain . I took the chair on that occasion , wishing to take upon myself the whole ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
Abd-ool-Samet Addington affair ambassador Ameer Ameer of Bokhara arrival British government British officers Cabul Captain Conolly Captain Dillon Captain Grover Captain Unattached Colonel Shiel Colonel Stod Colonel Stoddart Committee communicated Conolly's despatch diplomatic Earl of Aberdeen Emperor endeavour England English envoy execution expedition fate Fitzroy Somerset Foreign Office French gentleman guarantee Herat honour humble Servant immediately imprisoned India innocent traveller interview JOHN GROVER Joseph Wolff journey Khiva King of Bokhara Kokan l'émir la Pérouse Lieutenant Raper Lieutenant Wyburd Lord Aberdeen Lordship Mahomed Majesty Majesty's government ment minister mission narrative nation Navy Club never obtain Peel Peroffsky Pérouse Persian person Petersburg prisoners proceeding to Bokhara published put to death reader received reply request REVUE DE PARIS Russian Rustom Beg Saleh Mohammed Secretary sent shew statement Stoddart and Captain Stoddart and Conolly Tehran tion told Ummeer
Passatges populars
Pàgina 168 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on, how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Pàgina 169 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon/ and so ends my catechism.
Pàgina 169 - ... tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour ? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Pàgina 207 - To run from those th' hadst overcome Thus cowardly ? Quoth Echo, Mum, But what a vengeance makes thee fly From me too, as thine enemy ? Or if thou hast no thought of me, Nor what I have endur'd for thee, Yet shame and honour might prevail To keep thee thus from turning tail : For who would grudge to spend his blood in His Honour's cause ? Quoth she, A puddin.
Pàgina 251 - SIR, I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the...
Pàgina 128 - I set out for Bokhara to ransom the lives of two officers, Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly ; but both of them were murdered many months previous to my departure, and I do not know whether this blood of mine will not be spilt. I do not supplicate for my own safety ; but, Monarchs, two hundred thousand Persian slaves, many of them people of high talent, sigh in the kingdom of Bokhara. Endeavour to effect their liberation, and I shall rejoice in the grave that my blood has been thus the cause of...
Pàgina 193 - ... in the name of humanity and of the arts and sciences, the different sovereigns of the nations in which they reside, to enjoin all navigators and agents of every description under their command, wherever they may be, but particularly in the southern parts of the Pacific Ocean, to make all possible search after the two French frigates, ' La Boussole ' and ' L'Astrolabe,' commanded by M. de la Perouse...
Pàgina 109 - Shenandoah through her Majesty's representatives and consuls at the Sandwich Islands, Nagasaki, and Shanghai ; and I am to state to you in reply, that his lordship has no objection to sending this letter to the places mentioned, and also to her Majesty's colonial and naval authorities, it being always distinctly understood that the Shenandoah will be dealt with in the courts, if claimed, according to law.