Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from CabulTinsley brothers, 1871 - Afghan Wars |
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... fate ; and felt that a glance he could read , a whispered word , a touch of her hand , would make him happy - oh , so happy ! Polwhele was already there , and looking somewhat weary and excited after his early morning tour among the ...
... fate ; and felt that a glance he could read , a whispered word , a touch of her hand , would make him happy - oh , so happy ! Polwhele was already there , and looking somewhat weary and excited after his early morning tour among the ...
Page 43
... 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 , slipped her white arm through that of the aged General , and all moved towards the dining - room ...
... 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 , slipped her white arm through that of the aged General , and all moved towards the dining - room ...
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... fate , and , for some time past , the absence of all tidings from his sister Sybil , rendered Denzil at times intensely thoughtful , or , as Rose Trecarrel was inclined to deem it , interesting ; and thus , in his craving for gentle ...
... fate , and , for some time past , the absence of all tidings from his sister Sybil , rendered Denzil at times intensely thoughtful , or , as Rose Trecarrel was inclined to deem it , interesting ; and thus , in his craving for gentle ...
Page 116
... fate menaces , he was in excellent spirits this morning , and was by no means disposed to listen to the warnings of the solemn - visaged Wuzeer , who was relating all that he and Denzil had over- heard in the Mosque of Baber . Captain ...
... fate menaces , he was in excellent spirits this morning , and was by no means disposed to listen to the warnings of the solemn - visaged Wuzeer , who was relating all that he and Denzil had over- heard in the Mosque of Baber . Captain ...
Page 129
... fate of Captain Lawrence and Captain Mackenzie , who , in sight of the entire troops in the canton- ment , and in sight of all their friends , were borne VOL . II . K off captives amid a yelling horde , whose weapons , ASSASSINATION . 129.
... fate of Captain Lawrence and Captain Mackenzie , who , in sight of the entire troops in the canton- ment , and in sight of all their friends , were borne VOL . II . K off captives amid a yelling horde , whose weapons , ASSASSINATION . 129.
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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...