The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 62
... ground . For sometime we are left in doubt as to the nature of " the form , " which , " with lightning rush , burst through the dense and neighbouring bush . " It might be an Afghan - perhaps , Aminullah Khan himself ; or an Englishman ...
... ground . For sometime we are left in doubt as to the nature of " the form , " which , " with lightning rush , burst through the dense and neighbouring bush . " It might be an Afghan - perhaps , Aminullah Khan himself ; or an Englishman ...
Page 63
... ground ; " and , a flood of deso- lation falling over poor Zeila , she sinks- the lovely and ill - starred , Weeping and desolate on the sward ! Evelyn gets safely home ; but does not sleep comfortably that night . So he leaves his ...
... ground ; " and , a flood of deso- lation falling over poor Zeila , she sinks- the lovely and ill - starred , Weeping and desolate on the sward ! Evelyn gets safely home ; but does not sleep comfortably that night . So he leaves his ...
Page 65
... ground close by his feet ; " it turns out to be a slender arrow curiously wrought , with amber barb and shaft of gold , " and attached to it is " a scroll with some fair legend fraught . " This is , of course , a letter from Zeila ...
... ground close by his feet ; " it turns out to be a slender arrow curiously wrought , with amber barb and shaft of gold , " and attached to it is " a scroll with some fair legend fraught . " This is , of course , a letter from Zeila ...
Page 67
... ground , Rest at length his limbs have found . Mayhap , mid his peaceful slumbers , Foemen slain he boastful numbers ; Or , amid his dreamy trance , Marks , with eye of proud disdain , Fresh opposing foes advance With flint of steel and ...
... ground , Rest at length his limbs have found . Mayhap , mid his peaceful slumbers , Foemen slain he boastful numbers ; Or , amid his dreamy trance , Marks , with eye of proud disdain , Fresh opposing foes advance With flint of steel and ...
Page 71
... ground- the clumsy skill of the artist being lamentably conspicuous in a thorough contempt for the accessory contingencies of proportion and perspective . A range of shops occupies the lower portion of each arcade ; and the upper story ...
... ground- the clumsy skill of the artist being lamentably conspicuous in a thorough contempt for the accessory contingencies of proportion and perspective . A range of shops occupies the lower portion of each arcade ; and the upper story ...
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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