Indika: The Country and the People of India and CeylonHarper & brothers, 1891 - 794 Seiten |
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Agra ancient army Arrian Aryan Bay of Bengal beautiful Benares Bengal Bombay Brahman Brahmo British Buddhist building Calcutta caste Cawnpore centre century Ceylon CHAPTER chief Christian Chunder Church Clive coast College conquered conquest court Delhi drink Dupleix East India Company elephants England English European faith feet French Ganges Greek Gwalior Haidarabad hand Himalayas Hindu hundred Indus Invasion Keshub Chunder Sen kings Lahor land language liquor Lord Lucknow Madras marble Marhattas Megasthenes ment miles millions Mission missionary Mogul emperor Mogul empire Mohammedan mosque mountains mutiny native never opium palace palms Panjab Parsi Persian pillars population Portuguese possession princes Provinces race reached religion religious rich river rule rulers sacred Sanskrit says schools Seleukos Serampore Shah Sikh soldiers Somaj splendor steamer stone temple thousand tion tomb took towers tribes Vedas wall wealth whole worship
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 449 - My God, My Father, while I stray, Far from my home, on life's rough way, Oh teach me from my heart to say, Thy will be done.
Seite 26 - Learn from yon Orient shell to love thy foe, And store with pearls the hand that brings thee woe: Free like yon rock, from base, vindictive pride, Emblaze with gems the wrist that rends thy side...
Seite 195 - To form the nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
Seite 367 - ... earthward now ; Let dreams revive the reverend hair, The imperial brow ; Come back in sleep, for in the life Where thou art not We find none like thee. Time and strife And the world's lot Move thee no more ; but love at least And reverent heart May move thee, royal and released, Soul, as thou art. And thou, his Florence, to thy trust Receive and keep, Keep safe his dedicated dust, His sacred sleep. So shall thy lovers, come from far, Mix with thy name As morning-star with evening-star His faultless...
Seite 367 - AH, WHAT avails the sceptred race! Ah ! what the form divine ! What every virtue, every grace ! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May weep, but never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee.
Seite 420 - Work of the National Association for Supplying Female Medical Aid to the Women of India.
Seite 450 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled, The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form.
Seite 492 - ... trees and the grass of the field ; and in June 1770 the Resident at the Durbar affirmed that the living were feeding on the dead.
Seite 355 - Denon, astonished, did not know what to think at first, but at length discovered by her questions that she really imagined him to be Robinson Crusoe. His astonishment and that of the company cannot be described, nor the peals of laughter which it excited in Paris, as the story flew like wildfire through the city, and even Talleyrand himself was ashamed of it.
Seite 364 - He was a cynic ! By his life all wrought Of generous acts, mild words, and gentle ways , His heart wide open to all kindly thought, His hand so quick to give, his tongue to praise...