 | 1827 - 602 pages
...arms, he always speaks with the frank gayety of a soldier ; and it is a relief to the reader, in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...days, and tell us that he wept, for the playmate of hi* boyhood. Indeed, an uncommon portion of good nature and good humour runs through all his character;... | |
 | 1827 - 576 pages
...a soldier; and it is a B ef to the reader, in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic hist ry, to find a king who can weep for days, and tell us that he wept, for t playmate of his boyhood. Indeed, an uncommon portion of good t 'ire and good humour runs through... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1828 - 550 pages
...arms he always speaks with the frank gaiety of a soldier; and it is a relief to the reader, in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...found, in a remarkable degree, indulgent and forgiving. :iii " In the character of the founder of a new dynasty, in on* of the richest and most powerful empires... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1841 - 750 pages
...sensibility to the enjoyments of nature and imagination. "It is a relief," says his translator, "in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...us that he wept for the playmate of his boyhood." He speaks with as much interest of his mother and female relations as if he had never quitted their... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1850 - 222 pages
...into which his social temperament helped to draw him. " It is a relief," says Mr. Erskine, " in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...can weep for days, and tell us that he wept for the companion of his boyhood." And Mr. Elphinstone, when citing this remark, adds — " He [Baber] speaks... | |
 | John Garrett - India - 1865 - 366 pages
...It is a relief," says Mr. Ersldne, " in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history, to fmd a king who can weep for days, and tell us that he wept for the playmate of his boyhood." His mother and female relations are mentioned with as much interest as if he had never left their fireside... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - India - 1866 - 866 pages
...sensibility to the enjoyment of nature and imagination. " It is a relief," says his translator, " in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...days, and tell us that he wept for the playmate of his boyliood." He speaks with as much interest of his mother and female relations as if he had never quitted... | |
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1872 - 644 pages
...sensibility to the enjoyment of nature and imagination. " It is a relief," says his translator, " in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...us that he wept for the playmate of his boyhood." He speaks with as much interest of his mother and female relations as if he had never quitted their... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Afghanistan - 1879 - 770 pages
...into which his social temperament helped to draw him. " It is a relief," says Mr. Erskine, " in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history,...can weep for days, and tell us that he wept for the companion of his boyhood." And Mr. Elphinstone, when citing this remark, adds — " He [Baber] speaks... | |
 | Charles Francis Mackenzie - Tales - 1882 - 310 pages
...by his subsequent rise to the Imperial dignity. " It is a relief," says one of his translators, in the pompous coldness of Asiatic history, " to find a King who can tell that he wept for the playmate of his childhood, and one who can take an interest in the welfare... | |
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Of his companions in arms he always speaks with the frank gaiety of a soldier; and it is a relief to the reader, in the midst of the pompous coldness of Asiatic history, to find a king who can weep for days, and tell us that he wept for the playmate of... 
