Work and Play in India and KashmirEden, Remington, 1893 - 293 páginas |
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... matter for terror . Who will set fire to his funeral pyre ? Who will present the sacred cake ? And who at the stated feasts perform the ceremonies whereby after due purification the Hindu soul obtains rest ? The old man talked long and ...
... matter for terror . Who will set fire to his funeral pyre ? Who will present the sacred cake ? And who at the stated feasts perform the ceremonies whereby after due purification the Hindu soul obtains rest ? The old man talked long and ...
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... , or failing these sucking hard at a hubble bubble , so that it is easy to conceive what their breath must amount to ! Revenons to our lost lamb . It was a matter of faith with the young native 20 Work and Play in India and Kashmir .
... , or failing these sucking hard at a hubble bubble , so that it is easy to conceive what their breath must amount to ! Revenons to our lost lamb . It was a matter of faith with the young native 20 Work and Play in India and Kashmir .
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... matter of fact , the sounds she produced resembled a steam whistle practising Wagner , or a naughty girl getting toko from her awful dad ; but what on earth does that matter so long as golden bangles and nose- rings are the reward ...
... matter of fact , the sounds she produced resembled a steam whistle practising Wagner , or a naughty girl getting toko from her awful dad ; but what on earth does that matter so long as golden bangles and nose- rings are the reward ...
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... , and as fast as a night in the train and relays of horses could bring me I was at her house , ready for a long talk through the purdah ( a most annoying arrangement ) . The matter was serious ; 22 Work and Play in India and Kashmir .
... , and as fast as a night in the train and relays of horses could bring me I was at her house , ready for a long talk through the purdah ( a most annoying arrangement ) . The matter was serious ; 22 Work and Play in India and Kashmir .
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John Digby Gordon. most annoying arrangement ) . The matter was serious ; a man had been murdered close to her gates , and , as ill luck would have it , he was the servant of a neighbouring Rajah , with whom for years past the Begum had ...
John Digby Gordon. most annoying arrangement ) . The matter was serious ; a man had been murdered close to her gates , and , as ill luck would have it , he was the servant of a neighbouring Rajah , with whom for years past the Begum had ...
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Página 231 - But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour, Nothing further then he uttered, not a feather then he fluttered, Till I scarcely more than muttered, — "Other friends have flown before; On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.
Página 195 - To bear all smooth and even, This sudden sending him away must seem Deliberate pause; diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are relieved, Or not at all.
Página 173 - Close on the hounds the hunter came, To cheer them on the vanished game; But, stumbling in the rugged dell, The gallant horse exhausted fell. The impatient rider strove in vain To rouse him with the spur and rein, For the good steed, his labours o'er, Stretched his stiff limbs, to rise no more; Then touched with pity and remorse He sorrowed o'er the expiring horse.
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Página 290 - ... George Eliot, it is pleasant to come across a novel displaying many of the best traits of famous English novelists. . . . Related in masterly style, wit and humour, sarcasm, knowledge of human nature, and the philosophy that comes of experience being prominently exhibited in this very remarkable novel. Many of the passages are as good as anything to be found in
Página 144 - White like a spectre seen when night is old, Yet stained with hues of many a tear and smart, Cornelian, bloodstone, matched in callous art: Aflame like passion, like dominion cold, Bed of imperial consorts whom none part For ever (domed with glory, heart to heart), Still whispering to the ages,
Página 99 - Colonel Slick!" The Colonel smiled — with frenzy wild, — his very beard waxed blue, — His shirt it could not hold him, so wrathy riled he grew; He foams and frets, his knife he whets upon his seat below — He sharpens it on either side, and whittles at his toe.
Página 290 - His plot is ingenious and engaging; the characters and the incidents are well under control ; the writing, in which there are only a few flaws, is sound and almost constantly brilliant. Many of the chapters are humorous in a measure and in a manner which would have done credit to Dickens ; the pages sparkle with epigrams, and...