 | sir John William Kaye - 1864 - 710 pages
...variety of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1865 - 574 pages
...variety of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to... | |
 | John Clark Marshman - 1880 - 606 pages
...iT A ji'j VL nor-genenil. lie uttered these memorable expressions:—" I wish for a ' peaceful time of office ; but I cannot forget that in the sky ' of India, serene as it ia, a small cloud may arise no larger ' than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, '... | |
 | Thomas Rice Holmes - 1888 - 644 pages
...not forget," he said, at a banquet given by the East India Company a few months before his departure, "that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, 1856- at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten... | |
 | Lionel James Trotter - 1886 - 526 pages
...variety of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1886 - 480 pages
...greater variety of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe,' and that ' in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last t hreaten to... | |
 | 1891 - 304 pages
...ruler was not without a strange presentiment : wish," he said, " for a peaceful issue of office ; but) cannot forget that in the sky of India — serene...small cloud may arise, no larger than a man's hand, which... may overwhelm us with ruin." The man who uttered this expression of misgiving was the son... | |
 | Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham - 1892 - 246 pages
...variety of chances and a more precarious tenure than in any other quarter of the globe. We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing bigger and bigger, may at last threaten to... | |
 | Robert Watson Frazer - 1896 - 440 pages
...sent his hearers away wondering at the solemnity of his words, as he gave warning that " We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which growing bigger and bigger may at last threaten to overwhelm... | |
 | 1897 - 312 pages
...farewell banquet given him by the directors in London, spoke the following prescient words : ' We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing bigger and bigger, may at last threaten to... | |
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We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin. 
