Confessions of a Thug, Volume 3R. Bentley, 1839 |
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Page 80
... camp , as he had said , by sunset , and was met at the confines of it by my father , and the two other jemadars . The re- spectability of his appearance struck me forci- * Khayet , a caste of Hindoos , usually clerks . + Lughaces ...
... camp , as he had said , by sunset , and was met at the confines of it by my father , and the two other jemadars . The re- spectability of his appearance struck me forci- * Khayet , a caste of Hindoos , usually clerks . + Lughaces ...
Page 81
... camp , and while he was arranging his sleeping - place . I knew too that a spot had been fixed on for his grave , and that of those with him ; for I had accompanied my father to it , and saw that it was begun ; and yet there sat my ...
... camp , and while he was arranging his sleeping - place . I knew too that a spot had been fixed on for his grave , and that of those with him ; for I had accompanied my father to it , and saw that it was begun ; and yet there sat my ...
Page 83
... camp like this every one is privileged to hear the conversa- tion of the evening mujlis , and we usually find some one among us who can enliven the evening with a tale , until it is time to rest for the night . " So the old Thug sat ...
... camp like this every one is privileged to hear the conversa- tion of the evening mujlis , and we usually find some one among us who can enliven the evening with a tale , until it is time to rest for the night . " So the old Thug sat ...
Page 127
... show him what he was going to take with him ; and you cannot imagine , Sahib , the joy that was diffused in our camp at the cer- tainty of so rich a booty . In order to give our band as much of the CONFESSIONS OF A THUG . 127.
... show him what he was going to take with him ; and you cannot imagine , Sahib , the joy that was diffused in our camp at the cer- tainty of so rich a booty . In order to give our band as much of the CONFESSIONS OF A THUG . 127.
Page 128
... camp was a scene of jollity ; the booty in view , nay , almost within their grasp , was sufficient to cheer them . A set of dan- cing girls was invited from the city , and in listening to their songs the best part of the night was ...
... camp was a scene of jollity ; the booty in view , nay , almost within their grasp , was sufficient to cheer them . A set of dan- cing girls was invited from the city , and in listening to their songs the best part of the night was ...
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Page 318 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 341 - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Page 151 - And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
Page 58 - I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed that I am reckless what I do to spite the world.
Page 136 - A token true of Bosworth field ; His eyebrow dark, and eye of fire, Show'd spirit proud, and prompt to ire ; Yet lines of thought upon his cheek Did deep design and counsel speak.
Page 65 - I will say nothing more than this," said my father, " that you will be thrown much into the society of Hindoos, all of good caste, and you will find them as faithful and as worthy of your friendship as any Moosulman; such, at least, has been my experience of them.
Page 400 - ... scene, the scene of death, for I verily believed I should be led to instant execution : why should the mockery of a trial be given to one so steeped in crime as I was ? A short time after our arrival at the town, I was conducted, closely guarded, to the officer who was employed by the English Government to apprehend Thugs. A tall, noble-looking person he was, and from the severe glance he cast on me I thought my hour was come, and that ere night I should cease to exist.
Page 183 - Where is the man existing who can iay a word against Ameer Ali's honour, which ever has been and ever will remain pure and unsullied ? Have I ever broken a social tie ? ever been unfaithful or unkind to a comrade ? ever failed in my duty or in my trust ? ever neglected a rite or ceremony of my religion? I tell you, sahib, the man breathes not who could point his finger at me on any one of these points. And if you think on them, they are those which, if rigidly kept, gain for a man esteem and honour...
Page xiii - ... the lines of road that pass by and branch off from them, with the knowledge and connivance of the two landholders by whose ancestors these groves had been planted ; I should have thought him a fool or a madman : and yet, nothing could have been more true. The bodies of a hundred travellers lie buried in and...
Page iv - ... horrible work, and consequently the most dangerous and destructive. "Travellers seldom hold any communication with the towns through which they pass, more than for the purchase of the day's provisions : they sometimes enter them, but pitch their tents or lie under the trees which surround them; to gain any intelligence of a person's progress from village to village is therefore almost impossible. The greatest facilities of disguise among thieves and Thugs exist in the endless divisions of the...