The Bokhara VictimsChapman and Hall, 1845 - 307 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... heard the door unbolted . A man entered , preceded by attend- ants , who carried candles . This person was so completely muffled up , that nothing but his eyes could be seen , which seemed to flash fire . He took a seat on a raised part ...
... heard the door unbolted . A man entered , preceded by attend- ants , who carried candles . This person was so completely muffled up , that nothing but his eyes could be seen , which seemed to flash fire . He took a seat on a raised part ...
Pàgina 20
... heard who the English were , trembled at their new neighbours , and now depre- cate their wrath . They call it the Indus expedition , but its effects have been felt to the Baltic . . . . I received a packet for the first time since July ...
... heard who the English were , trembled at their new neighbours , and now depre- cate their wrath . They call it the Indus expedition , but its effects have been felt to the Baltic . . . . I received a packet for the first time since July ...
Pàgina 56
... heard that I proposed going through Russia , he asked why I did not take the route by Persia , as we had an envoy at Teheran who could assist me ; that the road to Meshed was open , and the caravans passed from Meshed to Bokhara . I ...
... heard that I proposed going through Russia , he asked why I did not take the route by Persia , as we had an envoy at Teheran who could assist me ; that the road to Meshed was open , and the caravans passed from Meshed to Bokhara . I ...
Pàgina 61
... heard by what arguments I was prepared to support it . The reader will perceive , that the only thing I asked , viz . , a document to shew that I was not a spy , was refused ; but to induce me to undertake this journey as a " private ...
... heard by what arguments I was prepared to support it . The reader will perceive , that the only thing I asked , viz . , a document to shew that I was not a spy , was refused ; but to induce me to undertake this journey as a " private ...
Pàgina 80
... heard me say , that when I was performing a duty I never considered the conse- quences , and this was the time to apply that maxim . These arguments , in some degree , al- layed my anxiety ; but the calm cheerfulness that I witnessed in ...
... heard me say , that when I was performing a duty I never considered the conse- quences , and this was the time to apply that maxim . These arguments , in some degree , al- layed my anxiety ; but the calm cheerfulness that I witnessed in ...
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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.