 They are small sturdy men, well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and dignity of the Rajputs, they have none of their indolence or their want of worldly wisdom.  India, Past and Present - Page 120by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841 - 750 pages
...either. They are small sturdy men, well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and...worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does not dishonour his race, seems almost indifferent to the result of any contest he is engaged in. A Maratta... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1866 - 866 pages
...either. They are small sturdy men, well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and dignity of the Kijputs, they have none of their indolence or their want of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long... | |
 | Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 456 pages
..." They are small, sturdy men, well made though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and dignity of the Rajpoots, they have none of their indolence or want of worldly wisdom. A Rajpoot warrior, as long as... | |
 | Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers - 1883 - 318 pages
...Elphinstone " as small, sturdy, wellmade men, but not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and...of the Rajputs, they have none of their indolence and want of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does not dishonour his race, seems almost... | |
 | Institution of royal engineers - 1883 - 312 pages
...Elphinstone " as small, sturdy, wellmade men, but not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and...of the Rajputs, they have none of their indolence and want of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does not dishonour his race, seems almost... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1889 - 836 pages
...either. They are small sturdy men, well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and dignity of the Rajputs, they hare none of their indolence or their want of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does... | |
 | Stanley Lane-Poole - 1893 - 248 pages
...sturdy men,' says Elphinstone, ' well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and...of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does-not dishonour his race, seems almost indifferent to the result of any contest he is engaged in.... | |
 | William Ford - 1905 - 456 pages
...sturdy men, well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering ; they have none of the pride and dignity of the Rajputs ; they have none of their indolence or want of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does not dishonour his race, seems almost indifferent... | |
 | Vincent Arthur Smith - 1916 - 394 pages
...writes, ' small, sturdy men, well made though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and...worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does not dishonour his race, seems almost indifferent to the result of any contest he is engaged in. A Maratha... | |
 | Vincent Arthur Smith - 1920 - 866 pages
...either. They are small sturdy men, well made, though not handsome. They are all active, laborious, hardy, and persevering. If they have none of the pride and...the Rajputs, they have none of their indolence or want of worldly wisdom. A Rajput warrior, as long as he does not dishonour his race, seems almost indifferent... | |
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