Charles George GordonMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 255 Seiten |
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Abbas Abu Hamed Abyssinia Arab assault attack Bahr Gazelle Balaklava Berber boats Cairo camels canal carried Central Africa CHARLES GEORGE GORDON Charles Gordon China Chinese Darfour death desert Dongola Egypt Egyptian Empire enemy England English evacuation Ever-victorious Army expedition faith fighting force French frontier garrison Gondokoro Government Governor-General Gravesend guns Highland honour hostile hundred miles Ireland Ismail Jakdul Khartoum Khedive King Kordofan Korosko labour lakes land later letters looked Lord Wolseley Mahdi March ment Metemma mind misery months natives never night officers once Pacha palace passed possession provinces Quin-san Rahama reached rebels regiment revolt river road Russian scene Sebastopol sent Shanghai sheikh side siege slavery slaves soldiers Soo-chow Soudan steamers Suakim Taiping Taiping rebellion terrible things thought thousand tion tribes troops vast Wadi Halfa White Nile words writes Zebehr
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Seite 131 - But the part which we have borne in the prosecution of this war, entitling us to some distinction in the terms of peace, I have insisted, and obtained, that the Assiento, or contract for furnishing the Spanish West Indies with negroes, shall be made with us for the term of thirty years, in the same manner as it has been enjoyed by the French for ten years past.
Seite 97 - Nubar, etc., when all of a sudden from a large bush came peals of laughter. I felt put out; but it turned out to be birds, who laughed at us from the bushes for some time in a very rude way. They are a species of stork, and seemed in capital spirits and highly amused at anybody thinking of going up to Gondokoro with the hope of doing anything.
Seite 171 - No half-measured Acts which left the landlords with any say to the tenantry of these portions of Ireland will be of any use. They would be rendered — as past land Acts in Ireland have been — quite abortive, for the landlords will insert clauses to do away with their force. Any half-measures will only place the Government face to face •with the people of Ireland as the champions of the landlord interest.
Seite 99 - I dare say you will see — in fact, I feel sure you will see — your black sister some day, and she will tell you about it, and how Infinite Wisdom directed the whole affair. I know this is a tough morsel to believe, but it is true.
Seite 75 - Afar in the ocean, towards the extremities of the northwest, There is a nation, or country, called England ; The clime is frigid, and you are compelled to approach the fire; The houses are so lofty that you may pluck the stars. The pious inhabitants respect the ceremonies of worship, And the virtuous among them ever read the sacred books.
Seite 130 - with the sad conviction that no good could be done in these parts, and that it would have been better had no expedition ever been sent." Now again in Darfour he was learning the same bitter lesson. The Slave-trade is beyond his skill to cure. " I declare I see no human way to stop it," he says. " When you have got the ink that has soaked into...
Seite 227 - During our blockade we have often discussed the question of being frightened which, in the world's view a man should never be. For my part I am always frightened and very much so.
Seite 185 - God whom men can know, and that there is a corruption in their nature which renders them unworthy of Him. It is equally important to men to know both these points; and it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing his own wretchedness, and to know his own wretchedness without knowing the Redeemer who can free him from it.
Seite 172 - Donegal is worse than that of any people in the world, let alone Europe. I believe that these people are made as we are; that they are patient beyond belief; loyal but at the same time broken-spirited and desperate, living on the verge of starvation in places in which we would not keep our cattle. The Bulgarians, Anatolians, Chinese and Indians are better off than many of them are. The priests alone have any sympathy with their sufferings, and naturally alone have a hold over them.
Seite 113 - A dead, mournful spot this is, with a heavy damp dew penetrating everywhere. It is as if the Angel Azrael had spread his wings over this land. You have little idea of the silence and solitude.