A Journey Over Land to India: Partly by a Route Never Gone Before by Any European |
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A Journey Over Land to India: Partly by a Route Never Gone Before by Any ... Donald Campbell, (La No preview available - 2016 |
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affured againſt Aleppo almoſt anſwer aſtoniſhment becauſe beſt Bidanore Britiſh Bruffels Bruges caravan Chriſtian circumftances coaft confequence confiderable converfation Country courſe defcription defire difpofition Emperor Engliſh eſcape exerciſe faid fame fecurity feemed feen fervant ferve feven fhall fhort fince firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fufferings fufficient fuppofe Ghent greateſt happineſs himſelf honour horſe houſe HYAT SAHIB HYDER increaſed India intereſt iſland itſelf Jemadar juſt juſtice laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs LETTER LETTER Mangalore meaſure mind moft moſt muſt myſelf Negapatnam never obferved occafion paffed perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffible preſent prifoners purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection religion ſaid ſay ſee ſeemed Sepoys ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtopped ſtory ſtreets ſuch Tartar themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion TIPPOO SAHIB Turkiſh Turks underſtanding uſe veffel whofe whoſe wiſh
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Page 168 - The discovery which they made amply compensated for this mischief; as, without their evidence, the world would not have known at this hour that there was originally a statue on this pillar, one foot and ancle of which are still remaining.
Page 96 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Page 47 - Commov'd around, in gathering eddies play: Nearer and nearer ftill they darkening come ; Till, with the general all-involving ftorm Swept up, the whole continuous wilds arife ; And by their noon-day fount dejefted thrown, Or funk at night in fad difaftrous fleep, Beneath defcending hills, the caravan Is buried deep.
Page 49 - Having thus, with equal zeal and fidelity, endeavoured to imprefs me with veneration for his Lord and Mafter , and for that purpofe attributed to him every perfection that may be fuppofed. to be divided among all the Kings...
Page 28 - There is but one GOD, and MAHOMET is his " Prophet ;" but upon this they have fuperinduced, from time to time, fuch...
Page 22 - Hall had got upon the capstan, and was waving his hand to me to follow his example : this I wished to do, though it was an enterprise of...
Page 96 - Far from me and from my friends, be fuch frigid philofophy as may conduit us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wifdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whofe patriotifm would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whofe piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona ? We came too late to vifit monuments : fome care was neceflary • for ourfelves.
Page 98 - ... down the corners of his mouth in the moft rueful manner, and give a loud whew ! with his eyes fixed in a ftare at me, till entirely overcome with laughter, and ready to...
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Page 86 - I revolved a thousand things, and drew from them a thousand surmises; but all as yet was only conjecture with me. In a day or two, the bustle increased to a high pitch, accompanied with marks of consternation : the whole of the troops in the citadel were ordered to march ; and the commandant, and a man with a hammer and instruments, came to take off my irons. ' While they were at work taking off my irons, I perceived that they were taking off those of the native prisoner opposite to me also.