Wanderings in India: And Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan, Том 2Routledge, 1859 - Всего страниц: 415 |
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Стр. 398 - As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig ; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile ; and so the old woman got home that night.
Стр. 178 - That is the famous Taj Mahal. That is the building that defies the most graphic pen in the world to do justice to its grandeur and its transcendent beauty. Bulwer, in the Lady of Lyons, has a passage which sometimes reminds me of the Taj : — A palace lifting to eternal summer Its marble halls from out a glassy bower Of coolest foliage, musical with birds.
Стр. 289 - Unseen, that rules the illimitable world, That guides its motions, from the brightest star To the least dust of this sin-tainted mould ; While man, who madly deems himself the lord Of all, is nought but weakness and dependance.
Стр. 107 - I ate was of the very commonest description. The knife was a bone-handled affair; the spoon and the fork were of silver, and of Calcutta make. The plated side-dishes, containing vegetables, were odd ones; one was round, the other oval. The pudding was brought in upon a soup-plate of blue and gold pattern, and the cheese was placed before me on a glass dish belonging to a dessert service. The cool claret I drank out of a richly-cut champagne glass, and the beer out of an American tumbler, of the very...
Стр. 264 - ... away. But it would not do. Strong as the eye of the hawk was, the eye of the snake was stronger. The hawk for a time seemed suspended in the air; but at last he was. obliged to come down, and sit opposite to the old gentleman (the snake) who commenced, with his forked tongue, and keeping his eyes upon him all the while, to slime his victim all over. This occupied him for at least forty minutes, and by the time the process was over the hawk was perfectly motionless. I don't think he was dead....
Стр. 289 - This sacred truth, by sure experience taught, Thou must have learnt, when wandering all alone, Each bird, each insect, flitting through the sky, Was more sufficient for itself than thou.
Стр. 116 - On the road the child died ; and, of course, as a dead body had been in the carriage, and as the horses had drawn that dead body in that carriage, I could never use them again.' (The reader must understand that a native of any rank considers it a disgrace to sell property). — ' But could you not have given the horses to some friend— a Christian or a Mussulman ?'•— ' No ; had I done so, it might have come to the knowledge of the sahib, and his feelings would have been hurt at having occasioned...
Стр. 116 - He appeared to me not a man of ability, nor a fool. He was selfish ; but what native is not ? He seemed to be far from a bigot in matters of religion ; and, although he was compelled to be so very particular about the destruction of his carriage and horses, I am quite satisfied that he drank brandy, and that he smoked hemp in the chillum of Ms hookah.
Стр. 118 - ... son to inherit his possessions, perpetuate his name, and apply the torch to his funeral pyre. This last office, according to the Hindoo faith, can only be performed properly by a filial hand. In this strait he had recourse to adoption, a ceremony which, by Hindoo law, entitles the favored individual to all the rights and privileges of an heir born of the body. His choice fell upon this Seereek Dhoondoo Punth, who, according to some, was the son of a corn merchant of Poonah, while others maintain...
Стр. 107 - sat down to a table twenty foot long (it had originally been the mess table of a cavalry regiment), which was covered with a damask table-cloth of European manufacture, but instead of a dinnernapkin there was a bedroom towel. The soup . . . was served up in a trifle-dish which had formed part of a dessert service belonging to the 9th Lancers — at all events, the arms of that regiment were upon it; but the plate into which I ladled it with a broken teacup was of the old willow pattern. The...