The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 59
... lords , And scandalous proverb quote : An Afghan dame in Búrka - cover Is never without a secret lover- Woe worth each lying throat ! Having said this , and much more besides , in denunciation of the British , he is followed by " Gaunt ...
... lords , And scandalous proverb quote : An Afghan dame in Búrka - cover Is never without a secret lover- Woe worth each lying throat ! Having said this , and much more besides , in denunciation of the British , he is followed by " Gaunt ...
Page 68
... Lords it with mandate sternly high ; Inertness , culpably obtuse , Has shorn each weapon of its use . The poet does not attempt to veil the melancholy truth , but describes the rout of the British troops in a manner too humi- liating ...
... Lords it with mandate sternly high ; Inertness , culpably obtuse , Has shorn each weapon of its use . The poet does not attempt to veil the melancholy truth , but describes the rout of the British troops in a manner too humi- liating ...
Page 70
... Lord , so dauntless , young , To whom alone her being clung ; Oh ! God , and thus to find him lying Dead , oh ! merciful Heav'n ! quite dead ; Churl - churl ! with utterance too all fled , Nor yet one slenderest hope supplying ! Could ...
... Lord , so dauntless , young , To whom alone her being clung ; Oh ! God , and thus to find him lying Dead , oh ! merciful Heav'n ! quite dead ; Churl - churl ! with utterance too all fled , Nor yet one slenderest hope supplying ! Could ...
Page 98
... and much consideration was bestowed upon various plans for more effectually subduing these evils . Lord W. Bentinck had seen the futility of the principle of holding petty and weak 98 CENTRAL INDIA UNDER BRITISH SUPREMACY .
... and much consideration was bestowed upon various plans for more effectually subduing these evils . Lord W. Bentinck had seen the futility of the principle of holding petty and weak 98 CENTRAL INDIA UNDER BRITISH SUPREMACY .
Page 99
... Lord W. Bentinck it found favour , because it would have enabled him to abolish a Residency . He accordingly consulted Speirs , Sutherland , and Wilkinson respecting its merits but the plan was less agreeable to these officers than to ...
... Lord W. Bentinck it found favour , because it would have enabled him to abolish a Residency . He accordingly consulted Speirs , Sutherland , and Wilkinson respecting its merits but the plan was less agreeable to these officers than to ...
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