Blackwood's Magazine, Том 90W. Blackwood., 1861 |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 5 из 8
Стр. 343
... Herat is situated between Russia and India . It does not adjoin Russia , for Persia comes between them . It does not adjoin India , for Affghanistan comes between . Still Persia might act on Herat , Herat on Affghanistan , and Russia ...
... Herat is situated between Russia and India . It does not adjoin Russia , for Persia comes between them . It does not adjoin India , for Affghanistan comes between . Still Persia might act on Herat , Herat on Affghanistan , and Russia ...
Стр. 344
... Herat refused to throw open her gates , the capture of a central Asian city ought not to present many difficulties to a gene- ral who aspires to measure swords with the British in their own do- minions . Herat occupied , the in- vader ...
... Herat refused to throw open her gates , the capture of a central Asian city ought not to present many difficulties to a gene- ral who aspires to measure swords with the British in their own do- minions . Herat occupied , the in- vader ...
Стр. 345
... Herat . That part of the northern shores of the Indian Ocean , which lies west of the Indies , as well as the shores of the sea of Oman and straits of Ormuz , are of a most desolate char- acter . Sandy plains alternate with low rocky ...
... Herat . That part of the northern shores of the Indian Ocean , which lies west of the Indies , as well as the shores of the sea of Oman and straits of Ormuz , are of a most desolate char- acter . Sandy plains alternate with low rocky ...
Стр. 362
... Herat ; but what benefit either her Majesty's Indian or English empire received we can- not comprehend . What little inte- rest we have in Persia should be friendly , and make it an object to strengthen her ; but by depriving her of Herat ...
... Herat ; but what benefit either her Majesty's Indian or English empire received we can- not comprehend . What little inte- rest we have in Persia should be friendly , and make it an object to strengthen her ; but by depriving her of Herat ...
Стр. 363
... Herat railway , with branch lines to Bokhara and Samarcand , shall give Central Asia some closer ties with the civilised world than it at present possesses , or perhaps cares to enjoy . There were two circumstances so disposed of by ...
... Herat railway , with branch lines to Bokhara and Samarcand , shall give Central Asia some closer ties with the civilised world than it at present possesses , or perhaps cares to enjoy . There were two circumstances so disposed of by ...
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
able appeared Arabin Archdeacon beauty Brune Buckle Bushire called Carlingford character Christian Church course dear Democritus doctor doubt Dr Hook Dr Rider dyspepsia England English eyes fact fancy father favour feel Fred Gervaise give gout hand head heart Herat honour House of Orleans human India Joseph Wolff kind labours lady less living Loch Loch Awe look Lord Lord Macaulay manner matter means Melhado ment mind Miss Wodehouse morning nation nature ness Nettie never Obeah once party passed perhaps Persian person poor present pretty Quaker rabies reader Rector remarkable scene Scotland seems side sion society soul spirit sure table d'hôte tell thing thou thought tical tion true truth ture turn Whigs whole Wolff wonder words young
Популярные отрывки
Стр. 79 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Стр. 395 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Стр. 594 - When I remember all The friends so linked together I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed.
Стр. 228 - Tread softly — bow the head — In reverent silence bow — No passing bell doth toll, — Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou.
Стр. 227 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Стр. 322 - Church often say, that his company was very merry, facete, and juvenile; and no man in his time did surpass him for his ready and dexterous interlarding his common discourses among them with verses from the poets, or sentences from classic authors ; which being then all the fashion in the University, made his company the more acceptable.
Стр. 610 - THERE lies a vale in Ida, lovelier Than all the valleys of Ionian hills. The swimming vapour slopes athwart the glen, Puts forth an arm, and creeps from pine to pine, And loiters, slowly drawn. On either hand The lawns and meadow-ledges midway down Hang rich in flowers, and far below them roars The long brook falling thro' the clov'n ravine In cataract after cataract to the sea.
Стр. 322 - Wood's character of him is, that " he was an exact mathematician, a curious calculator of nativities, a general read scholar, a thorough-paced philologist, and one that understood the surveying of lands well. As he was by many accounted a severe student, a devourer of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ; so by others, who knew him well, a person of great honesty, plain dealing and charity.
Стр. 226 - In her right hand the lily, in her left The letter — all her bright hair streaming down — And all the coverlid was cloth of gold Drawn to her waist, and she herself in white All but her face, and that clear-featured face Was lovely, for she did not seem as dead, But fast asleep, and lay as tho
Стр. 396 - Governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favour, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands...