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... stop to all further exploring . Miss Panton was of opinion , " that the last act of the entertainment had been better got up than any she could have imagined , and was worth fifty old caverns ; to see a water- fall was nothing , but to ...
... stop to all further exploring . Miss Panton was of opinion , " that the last act of the entertainment had been better got up than any she could have imagined , and was worth fifty old caverns ; to see a water- fall was nothing , but to ...
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... stop at the beautiful little island of Johanna for water and other refreshments . As peace had not yet been proclaimed , the sight of strangers excited some alarm , and the Commodore made signal to set all sail , but they E 2 LIFE IN ...
... stop at the beautiful little island of Johanna for water and other refreshments . As peace had not yet been proclaimed , the sight of strangers excited some alarm , and the Commodore made signal to set all sail , but they E 2 LIFE IN ...
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... nerves of those who a moment before despairingly laboured to stop the water which forced its way from the broken rudder , and enabled them to accomplish what was in- stantly felt as a great relief , and speedily les- LIFE IN INDIA . 107.
... nerves of those who a moment before despairingly laboured to stop the water which forced its way from the broken rudder , and enabled them to accomplish what was in- stantly felt as a great relief , and speedily les- LIFE IN INDIA . 107.
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... stop them ! stop them ! let me get out and stop them ! " " My dear Miss Elizabeth , " said Mr. Russell , with strong feeling , " I shall never forgive * Drums . myset ur subiecting your is No power of Eu nu LIFE IN INDIA . 149.
... stop them ! stop them ! let me get out and stop them ! " " My dear Miss Elizabeth , " said Mr. Russell , with strong feeling , " I shall never forgive * Drums . myset ur subiecting your is No power of Eu nu LIFE IN INDIA . 149.
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... stop to them ? " " Government have made a commencement which , I trust , they will be able to finish . Authority is used to prevent victims being led to the pile by force , or immolated under age . Nothing short of public power can ...
... stop to them ? " " Government have made a commencement which , I trust , they will be able to finish . Authority is used to prevent victims being led to the pile by force , or immolated under age . Nothing short of public power can ...
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acquaintance agreeable amongst amusement anchor appearance Archibald Cary Coolidge attention ayah beautiful Bengal Bently's Bowlow Brahmins cabin Calcutta Captain Bently Captain Kentledge Caroline Owen carriage chaprassy Charlotte charming Colonel Howard crowd Cumberland dance dark dear deck delight dinner Doctor dress Dundas elegant Elizabeth Percy European eyes False Bay fatigue feelings felt Flora Fortescue fortune frigate gave hand happy Harriet Harvard College head heart Hindoo honour hope horses hour India knew light living look ment mind Miss Elizabeth Miss Hume Miss Owen Miss Panton Miss Percy Montressor morning Morris mountains native never night observed party passed pleasure Ponsonby present punkah returned round Russell Russell's sail scene seemed ship silver sticks Simon's Town Sir Robert Marshall sister society soon sooner suffered Sunderbunds taste tears thing thought tion turn walk weather West wind
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Seite 24 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...
Seite 61 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Seite 131 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Seite 56 - ... vows seem sweet in every whisper'd word; and gentle winds and waters near make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, and in the sky the stars are met, and on the wave is deeper blue, and on the leaf a browner hue, and in the heaven that clear obscure, so softly dark and darkly pure, which follows the decline of day, as twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 56 - It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word ; And gentle winds, and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, And in the heaven that clear obscure, So softly dark, and darkly pure, Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Seite 154 - God will keep a temptation out of their way, or not suffer them to be tempted above what they are able to bear...
Seite 149 - La politesse est l'expression ou l'imitation des vertus sociales ; c'en est l'expression, si elle est vraie, et l'imitation, si elle est fausse ; et les vertus sociales sont celles qui nous rendent utiles et agréables à ceux avec qui nous avons à vivre.