The Bokhara VictimsChapman and Hall, 1845 - 307 pàgines |
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Pàgina 22
... tion ; but to make any stir concerning a man about whom it was not likely any one would care , unless to inquire about his arrears of pay or salary , really the idea must have appeared quite absurd to the diplomatic gentlemen in their ...
... tion ; but to make any stir concerning a man about whom it was not likely any one would care , unless to inquire about his arrears of pay or salary , really the idea must have appeared quite absurd to the diplomatic gentlemen in their ...
Pàgina 31
... tion to send Colonel Stoddart home by Orenburg , when the Embassy left ; and he even restored to him some of his property , among other things , his sword and cocked hat . On the 7th of September , 1841 , the Russian mission had their ...
... tion to send Colonel Stoddart home by Orenburg , when the Embassy left ; and he even restored to him some of his property , among other things , his sword and cocked hat . On the 7th of September , 1841 , the Russian mission had their ...
Pàgina 54
... tion in my power . With this note I despatched Mohan , who soon came back and told me that , instead of an English- man , he had found a Persian , who could neither read nor write . I mention this unimportant circumstance to shew how ...
... tion in my power . With this note I despatched Mohan , who soon came back and told me that , instead of an English- man , he had found a Persian , who could neither read nor write . I mention this unimportant circumstance to shew how ...
Pàgina 55
... tion , which is , that , in the course of this trifling work , I will never put forth any statement or even insinuation without having what I consider sufficient authority , although , in some instances , it would not be prudent to ...
... tion , which is , that , in the course of this trifling work , I will never put forth any statement or even insinuation without having what I consider sufficient authority , although , in some instances , it would not be prudent to ...
Pàgina 57
... tion I required : that there would be no objection whatever to my proceeding to Bokhara , in search of my friend , as a private traveller , and that Lord Aberdeen would willingly afford me every assistance at his command , should I be ...
... tion I required : that there would be no objection whatever to my proceeding to Bokhara , in search of my friend , as a private traveller , and that Lord Aberdeen would willingly afford me every assistance at his command , should I be ...
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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.