Blackwood's Magazine, Bind 222William Blackwood, 1927 |
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Side 584
... jemadar , by name Kesri Singh , who had to go to Sadon , would accompany me . The remainder were Gur- khas of the Levy . At any rate , it was all very intriguing , and it was a comfortably ex- cited subaltern who slept on a bundle of ...
... jemadar , by name Kesri Singh , who had to go to Sadon , would accompany me . The remainder were Gur- khas of the Levy . At any rate , it was all very intriguing , and it was a comfortably ex- cited subaltern who slept on a bundle of ...
Side 586
... jemadar proposed , when we left the camp , that he with three of the party should ride on ahead , and get through the two marches in one , as he had letters and tobacco which the officers in Sadon wanted . I agreed to this , and half an ...
... jemadar proposed , when we left the camp , that he with three of the party should ride on ahead , and get through the two marches in one , as he had letters and tobacco which the officers in Sadon wanted . I agreed to this , and half an ...
Side 587
... jemadar and his three men were girth- deep in the ford when a burst of musketry broke out from the other bank , which was then observed to have morchas 1 all along it . The party turned back , but one man fell in the ford , his pony ...
... jemadar and his three men were girth- deep in the ford when a burst of musketry broke out from the other bank , which was then observed to have morchas 1 all along it . The party turned back , but one man fell in the ford , his pony ...
Side 588
... jemadar was steadily firing , while within the enemy's line gongs were sounding and musketry still spluttering . It was now possible to rush into the flank of the stockade , and after a few moments ' rest I called on my bullet - headed ...
... jemadar was steadily firing , while within the enemy's line gongs were sounding and musketry still spluttering . It was now possible to rush into the flank of the stockade , and after a few moments ' rest I called on my bullet - headed ...
Side 589
... jemadar thought we could not possibly get through . The whole coun- try was up , and he gave it as his opinion that the Chinese Black Flags , known to be very averse to any policing of the trade routes , had crossed the border to stir ...
... jemadar thought we could not possibly get through . The whole coun- try was up , and he gave it as his opinion that the Chinese Black Flags , known to be very averse to any policing of the trade routes , had crossed the border to stir ...
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Side 152 - Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hands in prayer, Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the Bear! I looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing, And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous, pleading thing.
Side 283 - How then shall any man, who has a genius for history equal to the best of the ancients, be able to undertake such a work with spirit and cheerfulness, when he considers that he will be read with pleasure but a very few years, and, in an age or two, shall hardly be understood without an interpreter?
Side 282 - ... that our language is extremely imperfect ; that its daily ' improvements are by no means in proportion to v its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it, have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in many instances it offends against every part of grammar.
Side 285 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style, which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy...
Side 59 - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
Side 516 - So sincere and so undisguised, that no mind with a spark of generosity would ever think of hurting him, he lies so open to injury. But so indolent, that if he cannot overcome this habit, all his good qualities will signify nothing at all.
Side 285 - The great pest of speech is frequency of translation. No book was ever turned from one language into another without imparting something of its native idiom...
Side 849 - They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
Side 60 - The populace, at first, did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead.
Side 155 - Westminster Hall ; for many people think, if once they have fetched a warrant from a justice, they have given earnest to follow the suit, though otherwise the matter be so mean that the next night's sleep would have bound both parties to the peace, and made them as good friends as ever before.