Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from CabulTinsley brothers, 1871 - Afghan Wars |
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... , with the Order of the Dooranee Empire , but death seemed already imprinted in his anxious eyes and haggard face , which was all wrinkles , lines , and * Fact . hollows . His voice was feeble , and he had 42 ONLY AN ENSIGN .
... , with the Order of the Dooranee Empire , but death seemed already imprinted in his anxious eyes and haggard face , which was all wrinkles , lines , and * Fact . hollows . His voice was feeble , and he had 42 ONLY AN ENSIGN .
Page 43
... death . Then the roar of the gong announced that " tiffin was served , " ending the matter ; the probable fate of Her Majesty's Envoy was thought of no more for the time ; for Mabel Trecarrel , with a bright smile on her upturned face ...
... death . Then the roar of the gong announced that " tiffin was served , " ending the matter ; the probable fate of Her Majesty's Envoy was thought of no more for the time ; for Mabel Trecarrel , with a bright smile on her upturned face ...
Page 90
... death - save the plashing of a sacred fountain and the cooing of the wild pigeons , dis- turbed by their approach . The grove and cornices of the mosque were full of those birds , which are deemed holy by the Mohammedans , because as ...
... death - save the plashing of a sacred fountain and the cooing of the wild pigeons , dis- turbed by their approach . The grove and cornices of the mosque were full of those birds , which are deemed holy by the Mohammedans , because as ...
Page 92
... death - Taj Mohammed , in his dread and hatred of a powerful and hereditary foe and would- be supplanter , crept forward that he might over- hear ; and following his example , Denzil was rash enough to climb , by the rich carvings of ...
... death - Taj Mohammed , in his dread and hatred of a powerful and hereditary foe and would- be supplanter , crept forward that he might over- hear ; and following his example , Denzil was rash enough to climb , by the rich carvings of ...
Page 94
... death . " A favourite and brave follower of his own , named Pesh Khedmut - one who had been with him in all his defeats , flights , and varieties of fortune , was once assisting him to mount his horse , when some portion of his loose ...
... death . " A favourite and brave follower of his own , named Pesh Khedmut - one who had been with him in all his defeats , flights , and varieties of fortune , was once assisting him to mount his horse , when some portion of his loose ...
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Ackbar Khan Afghan Afghanistan Ameen Oollah Khan Amen Oollah amid armed asked Audley Trevelyan Bala Hissar beautiful Bob Waller Braddon brigade Burgoyne Cabul camel cantonments Captain Cavalry chief colour Cornish dark dead death Denzil Derrick Devereaux dhooley Elphinstone Emir of Bokhara Envoy escape exclaimed eyes face fate fellow Feringhees gate Ghilzies girl hair hand handsome heard heart hills Hindoo horse horsemen hostages hyæna India Jellalabad juzail juzailchees Kaffir Khyber Khyber Pass knew Kohistan Kussilbashes Kuzzilbashes ladies Lamorna laughing looking Mabel Macnaghten matchlock Mohammed mountains Native Infantry never night officers pale passed Peshawur Polwhele poor Queen regimental replied Denzil replied Waller Rose Trecarrel round sabre Sahib seemed Shah Sujah Shah's Sharkley Shireen Khan shot Siah Sung Sir Robert Sale Sirdir smile snow soldiers sword Sybil Taj Mohammed terrible thought Treherne troops voice wild William Macnaghten wounded Wuzeer young
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Page 15 - You drank of the Well I warrant betimes ? " He to the Cornishman said. But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake And sheepishly shook his head. " I hastened as soon as the Wedding was done And left my wife in the porch. But i' faith she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to Church ! " ' An interesting variation from the usual run of Wishing Wells is to be found in Denbighshire.
Page 219 - ... friendship, to let him know, without any disguise, all that had occurred to me since my departure from St. Sulpice. I gratified him ; and so far from concealing anything, or attempting to extenuate my faults, I spoke of my passion with all the ardour with which it still inspired me. I represented it to him as one of those especial visitations of fate, which draw on the devoted victim to his ruin, and which it is as impossible for virtue itself to resist, as for human wisdom to foresee.
Page 37 - we see that you are not like the infidel Hindoos that follow you : you are men, born and bred like ourselves, where the seasons vary, and in their changes give vigour both to body and mind. We wish that you had come among us as friends, and not as enemies, for you are fine fellows one by one, though as a body we hate you.
Page 282 - She treats you ill, I fear ; a little beating would do her good," suggested the lady. "A beating!" exclaimed Denzil, with astonishment.
Page 115 - ... of her lord. With her words she caressed Ilderim ; but he knew well that she bore him no love; and once when she set food before him he smelt poison, and did not eat thereof. But he knew that the king loved her, and therefore he said naught of this wickedness; for Ilderim was wise, and knew well that a man freshly in love is more blind than the bats at noonday.
Page 115 - that, live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.
Page 187 - We are already begining to see the nearer approach of that happier time, when "nation shall not lift up the sword against nation, neither shall men learn war any more." O, thrice blessed Golden Age of futurity! when the ardent aspirations of the living, and the irrepressible longings of many "noble dead...
Page 161 - She smiled on many just for fun — I knew that there was nothing in it ; I was the first, the only one Her heart had thought of for a minute ; I knew it, for she told me so, In phrase which was divinely...