We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin. Dictionary of National Biography - Pągina 417editat per - 1886Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| sir John William Kaye - 1864 - 710 pągines
...of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small...but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin. What has happened once may happen again. The disturbing... | |
| Henry Allon - 1865 - 574 pągines
...of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small...but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin. What has happened once may happen again. The disturbing... | |
| John Clark Marshman - 1876 - 582 pągines
...uttered these memorable expressions : — " I wish for a " peaceful time of office ; but I cannot forget that in the sky " of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise no larger " than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, "may at last threaten to burst,... | |
| James Grant - 1876 - 660 pągines
...office; but I cannot forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, no larger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst and overwhelm us with ruin." Most prophetic was this sentence. Some of the most remarkable... | |
| John Clark Marshman - 1880 - 606 pągines
...but I cannot forget that in the sky ' of India, serene as it ia, a small cloud may arise no larger ' than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, ' may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ' ruin." The succeeding narrative will show how prophetic... | |
| William Wilson Hunter - 1882 - 238 pągines
...Directors, uttered these prophetic words : ' I wish for a peaceful term of office. But I cannot forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, no larger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst and... | |
| William Wilson Hunter - 1882 - 580 pągines
...Directors, uttered these prophetic words, ' I wish for a peaceful term of office. But I cannot forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, no larger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst and... | |
| Thomas Rice Holmes - 1888 - 644 pągines
...not forget," he said, at a banquet given by the East India Company a few months before his departure, "that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, 1856- at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten... | |
| William Wilson Hunter - 1886 - 790 pągines
...office. But I cannot forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, no larger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst and overwhelm us with ruin.' In the following year, the Sepoys of the Bengal The... | |
| Lionel James Trotter - 1886 - 526 pągines
...of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small...but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst and overwhelm us with ruin. What has happened once may happen again."* On his landing... | |
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