The Story of Two Noble Lives: Being Memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Volume 2G. Allen, 1893 - 495 pages |
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Page 160 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 390 - 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.
Page 160 - Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn. Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? Those who have gone before. Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? They will not keep you standing...
Page 439 - No taunts or sarcasms,' Lord Canning continued, 'come from what quarter they may, will turn me from the path which I believe to be that of my public duty. I believe that a change in the head of the Government of India at this time, if it took place under circumstances which indicated a repudiation, on the part of the Government in England, of the policy which has hitherto been pursued towards the rebels of Oudh, would seriously retard the pacification of the country.
Page 295 - But do take up and assert boldly, that whilst we are prepared, as the first duty of all, to strike down resistance without mercy, wherever it shows itself, we acknowledge that, resistance over, deliberate justice, and calm, patient reason are to resume their sway ; that we are not going, either in anger or from indolence, to punish wholesale ; whether by wholesale hangings...
Page 295 - I will never allow an angry and undiscriminating act or word to proceed from the Government of India, as long as I am responsible for it. ... ' I don't care two straws for the abuse of the papers, British or Indian. I am for ever wondering at myself for not doing so, but it really is the fact. Partly from want of time to care, partly because an enormous task is before me, and all other cares look small. . . .' ' I don't want you to do more than defend me against unfair or mistaken attacks.
Page 155 - There is an odd, mysterious thing going on, still unexplained. It is this. In one part of the country the native police have been making little cakes — ' chupatties ' 1 — and sending them on from place to place. Each man makes twelve, keeps two, and sends away ten to ten men, who make twelve more each, and they spread all over the country. They all think it is an order from Government, and no one can discover any meaning in it.
Page 464 - He begs to be allowed to see some more of your flowers, and he mentions having got Lady Waterford's ' Charity Girl ' to look at—
Page 338 - India, where her friend Lady Canning was at the Viceroy's side during the Mutiny. " Miss Nightingale has written to me," wrote Lady Canning to her mother (Nov. 14) ; " she is out of health and at Malvern, but says she would come at twenty-four hours' notice if I think there is anything for her to do in her ' line of business.' I think there is not anything here, for there are few wounded men in want of actual nursing, and there are plenty of native servants and assistants who can do the dressings....
Page 110 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him It Tli-ut. ti. 54 : 1 that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.