The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 48
... English on the back , and the Interpreter passed the order received from the Commissioner , in English , or Persian , on the face . If the Courts of the Western Presidency at all assimilate to those of the Eastern , Mr. Prin- gle must ...
... English on the back , and the Interpreter passed the order received from the Commissioner , in English , or Persian , on the face . If the Courts of the Western Presidency at all assimilate to those of the Eastern , Mr. Prin- gle must ...
Page 51
... English Poets got up their orien talism with tolerable correctness . The only wonder is , that they did not make more mistakes . Hussan Abdul is honorably mentioned in Lalla Rookh , as one of the halting places of the princess , and we ...
... English Poets got up their orien talism with tolerable correctness . The only wonder is , that they did not make more mistakes . Hussan Abdul is honorably mentioned in Lalla Rookh , as one of the halting places of the princess , and we ...
Page 54
... English officer and a fair maid of Kabul would have afforded a subject for one of those wild and incredible romances , which the reader never thinks of associat- ing with the incidents of real life , any more than he does the exploits ...
... English officer and a fair maid of Kabul would have afforded a subject for one of those wild and incredible romances , which the reader never thinks of associat- ing with the incidents of real life , any more than he does the exploits ...
Page 56
... English blood , However ' gainst fierce odds , withstood Victorious and triumphantly , The battle - shock on open field , Unaided by the rampart's shield , That thou wert fashioned thus to be The grave - yard of our chivalry ? On whom ...
... English blood , However ' gainst fierce odds , withstood Victorious and triumphantly , The battle - shock on open field , Unaided by the rampart's shield , That thou wert fashioned thus to be The grave - yard of our chivalry ? On whom ...
Page 77
... English money , and when the subscriptions to the Fund in India became payable only in the Company's rupee- it was found that the payments to widows in Europe of the original pensions , at the former exchange of 2s . 6d . , entailed a ...
... English money , and when the subscriptions to the Fund in India became payable only in the Company's rupee- it was found that the payments to widows in Europe of the original pensions , at the former exchange of 2s . 6d . , entailed a ...
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