The Calcutta Review, Volume 2University of Calcutta, 1846 |
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Addiscombe Affghan Affghanistan Alexander Burnes appear army Artillery authority Bala Hissar Bengal better Brahmins British Bullal Burnes Cabool cadet Calcutta called Captain caste Cavalry character chief Christian Cis-Sutlej command considered corps cultivation Delhi districts Dost Mahomed duty English Envoy European Father Bouchet favour feelings give Golab Government guns Heathen Herat Hindoo Hindu honour Horse hundred India Indus Infantry instruction Jesuits Kanouj Kashmir Khan king Kulins kuls labour Lahore lakhs learned less Lord Auckland Lord William Bentinck Macnaghten Madura Mahommedan means ment miles military mind mission missionary moral native never observed officers perhaps Persian person Peshawur polygamy present Punjab Rajah rank received regiments religion respect river Runjeet Singh rupees scarcely Seikh sent sepoys Shah Soojah Shrotriyas Sirdar soldier Sutlej Suttee Thana Thornton tion troops villages whole William Macnaghten wives
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Page 62 - Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Page 63 - Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Page 405 - And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Page 63 - Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. -'Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill...
Page 373 - In the same manner the Sanskrit system of education would be the best calculated to keep this country in darkness, if such had been the policy of the British legislature. But as the improvement of the native population is the object of the Government, it will consequently promote a more liberal and enlightened system of instruction, embracing Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry...
Page 62 - A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Page 373 - We now find that the Government are establishing a Sanskrit School under Hindoo Pundits to impart such knowledge as is already current in India. This seminary (similar in character to those which existed in Europe before the time of Lord Bacon) can only be expected to load the minds of youth with grammatical niceties and metaphysical distinctions of little or no practicable use to the possessors or to society.
Page 62 - Turns his necessity to glorious gain ; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives : By objects, which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, rendered more compassionate...
Page 63 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Page 63 - Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom, they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all...