Forty years in the world; or, Sketches and tales of a soldier's life, by the author of Fifteen years in India, Bind 2 |
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Side 42
... then , should not steps be taken to abolish slavery in India , and to prevent abduction ? Can any thing be more dreadful than the situation of a fond husband , whose wife is torn from his 42 MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA .
... then , should not steps be taken to abolish slavery in India , and to prevent abduction ? Can any thing be more dreadful than the situation of a fond husband , whose wife is torn from his 42 MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA .
Side 43
Robert Grenville Wallace. a fond husband , whose wife is torn from his sight , and carried he knows not whither ? Nothing , except it be that of an affectionate wife , who has been abduced from a loving husband ; for it is , I believe ...
Robert Grenville Wallace. a fond husband , whose wife is torn from his sight , and carried he knows not whither ? Nothing , except it be that of an affectionate wife , who has been abduced from a loving husband ; for it is , I believe ...
Side 47
... fond doves in love , song , and dance for Hattima was a perfect nightingale . The woods were charmed by the sweetness of her voice ; not a monkey would chatter on the jack- trees while she was singing ; no peacock would scream ; no ...
... fond doves in love , song , and dance for Hattima was a perfect nightingale . The woods were charmed by the sweetness of her voice ; not a monkey would chatter on the jack- trees while she was singing ; no peacock would scream ; no ...
Side 67
... creature , or gallant sir , good night ! May you be as happy as Mootee Moota or Hattima , without such a trial of forti- tude as these fond doves experienced ! No. IV . THE PASSAGE HOME . " And then MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA . 67.
... creature , or gallant sir , good night ! May you be as happy as Mootee Moota or Hattima , without such a trial of forti- tude as these fond doves experienced ! No. IV . THE PASSAGE HOME . " And then MOOTEE MOOTA AND HATTIMA . 67.
Side 70
... fond delight I dwelt upon the pros- pect before me , when circumstances permitted me to quit the field - force , preparatory to my re- turn home ! The object 1 had long been aiming at seemed , to my ' mind's eye , ' arrayed like a bride ...
... fond delight I dwelt upon the pros- pect before me , when circumstances permitted me to quit the field - force , preparatory to my re- turn home ! The object 1 had long been aiming at seemed , to my ' mind's eye , ' arrayed like a bride ...
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Side 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.
Side 215 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 46 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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...