From Calcutta to the Snowy Range: Being the Narrative of a Trip Through the Upper Provinces of India to the Himalayas ... |
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Page 124 - high courage, and spotless devotion is cherished among his countrymen, so long will Havelock's lonely tomb in the grave beneath the scorching Eastern sky, hard by the vast city, the scene alike of his toil, his triumph, and his death, be regarded as one of the most holy of the many spots where our patriot soldiers lie.
Page 46 - charm, has linked itself with the religious sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence. For the sanctity of its inhabitants, of its temples and tanks, of its wells and streams, of the very soil that is trodden, of the very air that is breathed, and of everything in it and around it, Benares has been famed for
Page 156 - Ali's palace, fully appreciating the change in their respective situations, he remarked that, as he had now taken his father's house, it was but fair that he should give up his own to his father. Accordingly, he gave orders to destroy his former abode, and raise on the site a tomb to
Page 281 - The attention of the Government having been drawn to the fact that the noble arches and other remains of ancient architecture in the immediate vicinity of the Kootub, at Delhi, were in such disrepair, that there was danger of their falling in, and of their being thus lost to the world, immediate orders were
Page 154 - a title adopted by the kings of Oudh, and used by them on the royal seal to describe this palace. It will be best to suppose the visitor to enter at the north-east gateway, which faces the open space in front of the
Page 53 - The love for idolatry is so deep-seated and intense in the breast of the Hindu, that it is a common thing for both men and women to amuse themselves, with a pious intent, with manufacturing little gods from mud or clay, and after paying divine honours to them (and that too with the same profound reverence which they display in their devotions before the
Page 155 - Bagh proper, the buildings round which were occupied chiefly by ladies of the Harem. In the month of August, a great fair used to be held here, to which the whole town was admitted. Proceeding past the Stone
Page 213 - 500 feet by 370, surrounded by arcades, and approached at the opposite ends through a succession of beautiful courts, opening into one another by gateways of great magnificence. On one side
Page 135 - before negotiations were opened with the King. Officers had been named to every appointment. The best men that could be found available were selected from the civil and military services for the new offices in Oude, and
Page 147 - by Mr. Gubbins:—" Behind a parapet, raised on the massive terrace of this tomb, the enemy were clustered, and poured a frightful fire on a company of the 90th, which got up within fifteen yards of the main building. They could discover, however, no entrance; and both subalterns who commanded it having been wounded, the men fell back behind some neighbouring