Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 8James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1826 |
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... ships , as we see die before us daily . Not so when there is originality . Then we love the prospect that opens upon us , and are never tired with expatiating among its beauties . Indeed most men are sensible to the delight of pitching ...
... ships , as we see die before us daily . Not so when there is originality . Then we love the prospect that opens upon us , and are never tired with expatiating among its beauties . Indeed most men are sensible to the delight of pitching ...
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... ship - captains , who have gone through these gradations , regulate all the most important affairs of their Indian empire , civil , military , judicial , medical , and even ́ ecclesiastical , it is natural enough that " a thorough man ...
... ship - captains , who have gone through these gradations , regulate all the most important affairs of their Indian empire , civil , military , judicial , medical , and even ́ ecclesiastical , it is natural enough that " a thorough man ...
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... ship of the strange admission that has escaped you that the mini- sters of the altar cling , with the self - same tenacity , to their comfort upon earth ? Do you think that the Protestants of all Europe , nay , of the most bigotted and ...
... ship of the strange admission that has escaped you that the mini- sters of the altar cling , with the self - same tenacity , to their comfort upon earth ? Do you think that the Protestants of all Europe , nay , of the most bigotted and ...
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... ship , however , stand him in good stead . He falls into the hands of Sawunt Rao Gopal Rao , one of Holkar's chieftains , by whom he is so very kindly treated , that he begins to look upon himself as one of the Rao's sons . As a proof ...
... ship , however , stand him in good stead . He falls into the hands of Sawunt Rao Gopal Rao , one of Holkar's chieftains , by whom he is so very kindly treated , that he begins to look upon himself as one of the Rao's sons . As a proof ...
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... ships were now withdrawn from before Patras to meet the enemy , who , however , effected a landing at Modon with a considerable body of troops . Shortly after , Ibrahim Pasha , Mohammed Ali's step - son , commenced the siege of Navarino ...
... ships were now withdrawn from before Patras to meet the enemy , who , however , effected a landing at Modon with a considerable body of troops . Shortly after , Ibrahim Pasha , Mohammed Ali's step - son , commenced the siege of Navarino ...
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Page 495 - But why then publish * Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write ; Well-natured Garth inflamed with early praise, And Congreve loved, and Swift endured my lays ; The courtly Talbot, Somers, Sheffield read, Ev'n mitred Rochester would nod the head, And St. John's self (great Dryden's friends before) With open arms received one poet more.
Page 544 - Think, my lord ! By Heaven, he echoes me, As if there were some monster in his thought Too hideous to be shown...
Page 283 - A crush'd reed thrown aside ; Yet, by that rigid lip and brow, Not without strife he died. And near him on the sea-weed lay — Till then we had not wept—- But well our gushing hearts might say, That there a mother slept ! For her pale arms a babe had press'd With such a wreathing grasp, Billows had dash'd o'er that fond breast, Yet not undone the clasp.
Page 283 - We saw her mighty cable riven, Like floating gossamer ! We saw her proud flag struck that morn, A star once o'er the seas, Her helm beat down, her deck uptorn, — And sadder things than these...
Page 459 - These local authorities have been cherished or neglected, according to the disposition of the sovereign. But, as far as we can trace the history of Central India, their rights and privileges have never been contested, even by the tyrants and oppressors who slighted them; while, on the other hand, all just princes have founded their chief reputation and claim to popularity on attention to them.
Page 464 - We should be sorry that, from the accumulation of arrears, there should ever be room to raise a question, whether it were better to leave the Natives to their own arbitrary and precipitate tribunals, than to harass their feelings and injure their property, by an endless procrastination of their suits, under the pretence of more deliberate justice.
Page 574 - ... trial relates, was purchased at any house, shop, or office belonging to or occupied by the defendant or defendants, or any of them, or by his or their servants...
Page 264 - LET others seek for empty joys, At ball, or concert, rout, or play ; Whilst, far from fashion's idle noise, Her gilded domes, and trappings gay, I while the wintry eve away, — 'Twixt book and lute the hours divide ; And marvel how I e'er could stray From thee — my own Fireside! My own Fireside ! Those simple words Can bid the sweetest dreams arise ; Awaken feeling's tenderest chords, And fill with tears of joy...
Page 575 - ... of which they purport to be copies have been sworn or affirmed according to this act, and shall have the same effect for the purposes of evidence, to all intents...
Page 283 - Oh ! human love, whose yearning heart Through all things vainly true, So stamps upon thy mortal part Its passionate adieu — Surely thou hast another lot, There is some home for thee, Where thou shalt rest, remembering not The moaning of the sea ! F.