Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen45W. Blackwood, 1839 |
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... Herat , of which he had been governor in the lifetime of his father Timur . By acknowledging himself a vassal of Persia , he remained in undis- turbed possession of this city and its territory till his death in 1829 , when his son Shah ...
... Herat , of which he had been governor in the lifetime of his father Timur . By acknowledging himself a vassal of Persia , he remained in undis- turbed possession of this city and its territory till his death in 1829 , when his son Shah ...
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... Herat had sub- mitted , or fallen after a short resist- ance , as was expected , its surrender would have been immediately followed by the irruption of Persian forces into Afghanistan , in pursuance of the ob- ject openly declared by ...
... Herat had sub- mitted , or fallen after a short resist- ance , as was expected , its surrender would have been immediately followed by the irruption of Persian forces into Afghanistan , in pursuance of the ob- ject openly declared by ...
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... Herat , which was making so firm a resistance . The Afghan rulers were most desirous of our friendship , and the people , to a man , are invete- rately opposed to their ' infidel ' neigh- bours , as they style the Persians " ( the ...
... Herat , which was making so firm a resistance . The Afghan rulers were most desirous of our friendship , and the people , to a man , are invete- rately opposed to their ' infidel ' neigh- bours , as they style the Persians " ( the ...
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... Herat they openly expressed their satisfaction at the prospect of a change of masters ; and it is even strongly suspected that secret agents from several Rajpoot states communicated with the Russian envoy in the camp of Mohammed Shah ...
... Herat they openly expressed their satisfaction at the prospect of a change of masters ; and it is even strongly suspected that secret agents from several Rajpoot states communicated with the Russian envoy in the camp of Mohammed Shah ...
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... Herat , for the purpose of asserting his claims to the throne of Cabul ; and it is added that Dost Mohammed , thus pressed on all sides , has preferred reconcilia- tion with his hereditary enemy to sub- mission to the English and Seiks ...
... Herat , for the purpose of asserting his claims to the throne of Cabul ; and it is added that Dost Mohammed , thus pressed on all sides , has preferred reconcilia- tion with his hereditary enemy to sub- mission to the English and Seiks ...
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Página 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Página 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Página 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Página 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Página 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Página 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Página 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Página 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Página 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.