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India in 1875-76: The Visit of The Prince of Wales George Wheeler George Pearson Wheeler No preview available - 2022 |
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Aden ancient animals army arrived band Baroda beautiful beneath Bengal blue board the Serapis Bombay Brindisi British Calcutta camp Captain carriage Cashmere cavalry ceremony Ceylon cheering cheeta chiefs Colonel colours dance Delhi dinner dress Duke elephants England English European fire flowers gardens gold Government Governor guests Guikwar guns Gwalior harbour hills Hindoos honour horses houses Hussars illuminated Jeypore journey jungle King ladies land looked Lord Alfred Paget Lord Charles Beresford Lord Northbrook Madras Maharajah marble miles morning Native Infantry Nepaul night officers palace passed present Prince of Wales Prince's Princess Princess of Wales Punjaub Queen railway Rajahs regiment Residency round Royal Highness Royal Highness's sailors salute scarlet Serapis ship shore side silver Sir Bartle Frere Sir Jung Sir Salar soldiers splendid station streets temple Terai thousand tiger town trees troops vessel Viceroy
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Page 304 - Or to see it by moonlight, — when mellowly shines The light o'er its palaces, gardens, and shrines ; When the waterfalls gleam like a quick fall of stars, And the nightingale's hymn from the Isle of Chonars Is broken by laughs and light echoes of feet From the cool, shining walks where the young people meet.
Page 34 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered : so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 248 - Khass (a building of Shah Allum's) in the cornice are the following lines in letters of gold upon a ground of white marble — ' If there be a paradise upon earth, it is this, it is this.
Page 343 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Page 201 - She gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of meat, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were of gold, and the hafts set with diamonds.
Page 29 - Fair clime! where every season smiles Benignant o'er those blessed isles, Which, seen from far Colonna's height, Make glad the heart that hails the sight, And lend to loneliness delight. There mildly dimpling, Ocean's cheek Reflects the tints of many a peak Caught by the laughing tides that lave These Edens of the Eastern wave...
Page 194 - Canning, first Viceroy of India. Born at Paris, March 31, 1817, died at Calcutta, November 18, 1861. " Honours and praises written on a tomb are at best but vainglory ; but that her charity, humility, meekness, and watchful faith in her Saviour will, for that Saviour's sake, be accepted of God, and be to her a glory everlasting, is the firm trust of those who knew her best, and most dearly loved her in life, and who cherish the memory of her, departed.
Page 194 - ... as he stands there with beating heart and kindling eye, the cool breeze whistling through his long fair curls, he is a symbol, though he knows it not, of brave young England longing to wing its way out of its island prison to discover and to traffic, to colonize and to civilize, until no wind can sweep the earth which does not bear the echoes of an English voice.
Page 392 - I can look proudly in thy face, Fair daughter of a hardier race. And feel thy winning, well-known grace, Without my old misgiving ; And as I kneel upon thy strand. And kiss thy once unvalued hand. Proclaim earth holds no lovelier land, Where life is worth the living.
Page 39 - ... sails to be lowered; but all the ropes broke, and the ship was carried by the current to the foot of an inaccessible mountain, where she struck and went to pieces; yet in such a manner that we saved our lives, our provisions, and the best of our goods. The mountain at the foot of which we...