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Page 40 - I had, in all, three interviews with him: the last in durbar, before seven, when he repeated his assurances to me, on the word of a soldier, that no harm should come to us; and, indeed, I believe his orders were only general, that we should for...
Page 27 - Most gentlemen and ladies in Bengal live both splendidly and pleasantly, the fore-noons being dedicated to business, and after dinner to rest, and in the evening to recreate themselves in chaises or palankins in the fields, or to gardens, or by water in their budgeroes, which is a convenient boat, that goes...
Page 28 - ... lake that overflows in September and October, and then prodigious numbers of fish resort thither ; but in November and December when the floods are dissipated...
Page 155 - From Hinzuan to the Ganges nothing material occurred, and he landed at Calcutta in September, 1783. His reputation had preceded his arrival, which was anxiously expected; and he had the happiness to find that his appointment had diffused a general satisfaction, which his presence now rendered complete. The students of the Oriental languages were eager to welcome a scholar, whose erudition in that branch of literature was unrivalled, and whose labours and genius had as* Sir William Jones's Works,...
Page 151 - Obelisks, pagodas, etc., are erected at great expense; and the whole spot is surrounded by as well-turned a walk as those you traverse in Kensington Gardens, ornamented with a double row of aromatic trees, which afford a solemn and beautiful shade : in a word, not old Windsor Churchyard, with all its cypress and yews, is in the smallest degree comparable to them ; and I quitted them with unspeakable reluctance.
Page 21 - His memory ought to be dear to this nation for the credit he gained the English in curing Farrukseer, the present King of Indostan, of a malignant distemper, by which he made his own name famous at the court of that great Monarch, and without doubt will perpetuate his memory as well in Great Britain as all other nations in Europe.
Page 108 - ' leans towards virtue's side," and the opposite is extremely forbidding. " I assert," says Mr. Forbes, in his Oriental Memoirs, " that the " character of the English in India is an honour to their country.
Page 104 - Watson went, by the desire of Mr. Francis, to fetch his pistols, that gentleman proposed to go aside from the road into the walk ; but Mr. Hastings disapproved of the place, because it was full of weeds and dark. The road itself was next mentioned, but was thought by everybody too public, as it was near riding time and people might want to pass that way ; it was therefore agreed to walk towards Mr. Harwell's house...
Page 131 - I have been at church, my dear girl, in my new palanquin, (the mode of genteel conveyance) where all ladies are approached, by sanction of ancient custom, by all gentlemen indiscriminately, known or unknown, with offers of their hand to conduct them to their seat ; accordingly, those gentlemen who wish to change their condition (which, between ourselves, are chiefly old fellows, for the young...
Page 131 - ... country-born ladies for wealth or having left their hearts behind them, enrich themselves in order to be united to their favourite Dulcineas in their native land) on hearing of a ship's arrival, make a point of repairing to this holy dome and eagerly tender their services to the fair strangers...