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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Affghan Affghanistan Agra amongst appears army attack Bala Hissar battalion Bengal Bombay Brahmans brigade British Buddhist Cabul Calcutta Captain Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command commenced course Court cultivation Diamond Harbour district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Emperor enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Fund Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu honour Hungary India influence interest Judson Kalhana Kashmir Khan labour land language Lord Macnaghten Madras matter means measures ment military mind Moohummudun Namuh native nature Nawab never North Western Provinces object officers pass period Persian Police portion possessed present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received record regard remarks render respect revenue rupees Sanskrit schools Scinde Scindians Shah Shah Shuja sipahis spirit thing tion troops Urdu village whilst whole Zeila