Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Հատոր 2 |
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... wives are forsaken ; but some discovery of falsehood on the part of the frail fair one generally restores the wife to favour , and the finale is happy . It was at the village of Rajapet , a few miles from the head of the Poodicherrum ...
... wives are forsaken ; but some discovery of falsehood on the part of the frail fair one generally restores the wife to favour , and the finale is happy . It was at the village of Rajapet , a few miles from the head of the Poodicherrum ...
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... wives from their lowly state to grandeur and neglect ; for as soon as his de- sires were satisfied , his eye roamed after fresh game . Bappo Manick , therefore , implored Arima , in the fondest terms , to keep out of the sight of their ...
... wives from their lowly state to grandeur and neglect ; for as soon as his de- sires were satisfied , his eye roamed after fresh game . Bappo Manick , therefore , implored Arima , in the fondest terms , to keep out of the sight of their ...
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... wife a dozen of his best kisses- " do so , and all will be right . " Arima had got it into her little head that it was her best plan to be an obedient and good wife ; and she thought in her heart that the Raja's riches could never ...
... wife a dozen of his best kisses- " do so , and all will be right . " Arima had got it into her little head that it was her best plan to be an obedient and good wife ; and she thought in her heart that the Raja's riches could never ...
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... wife must be very happy , though shut up in a strong house , and guarded with locks , bolts , and bars . In short , she began to wish that the Raja would look at her ; though she never thought it possible that she should look upon him ...
... wife must be very happy , though shut up in a strong house , and guarded with locks , bolts , and bars . In short , she began to wish that the Raja would look at her ; though she never thought it possible that she should look upon him ...
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... wives and daughters were put to death , if the fathers and husbands pleased , and the paramours banished , fined , or confined . Some of the female witnesses could not appear in public on account of custom , jealousy of husband , or ...
... wives and daughters were put to death , if the fathers and husbands pleased , and the paramours banished , fined , or confined . Some of the female witnesses could not appear in public on account of custom , jealousy of husband , or ...
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Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's ..., Հատոր 2 Robert Grenville Wallace Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1825 |
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Էջ 135 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Էջ 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Էջ 217 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Էջ 167 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Էջ 137 - When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend.
Էջ 296 - Such is the powre of that sweet passion, That it all sordid basenesse doth expell, And the refyned mynd doth newly fashion Unto a fairer forme, which now doth dwell In his high thought, that would it selfe excell, Which he beholding still with constant sight, Admires the mirrour of so heavenly light.
Էջ 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Էջ 127 - WE may roam through this world, like a child at a feast. Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest ; And, when pleasure begins to grow dull in the east, We may order our wings, and be off to the west...
Էջ 95 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Էջ 38 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are linked in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing, and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...