The Native Chiefs and Their States in 1877: A Manual of Reference

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Times of India Steam Press, 1878 - 89 頁
 

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第 29 頁 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
第 1 頁 - Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
第 29 頁 - ... she imposed upon herself, and which from the age of thirty to that of sixty, when she died, were unremitted. The hours gained from the affairs of the state were all given to acts of devotion and charity ; and a deep sense of religion appears to have strengthened her mind in the performance of her worldly duties. She used to say, that she " deemed herself answerable to God for every exercise of power...
第 13 頁 - On Sunday the 26th the Rana, witli respect and due attention to " etiquette, as other vassals of the empire, paid his respects to my " son, and presented a celebrated ruby, well known in possession of " this house, and various arms inlaid with gold ; with seven elephants " of great price, which alone remained after those formerly captured ; " and also nine horses as tribute. My son received him with " princely generosity and courtesy ; when the Rana taking my son " by the knee, requested to be forgiven....
第 37 頁 - Hindu and Mahomedan, of Bhopal; and it is consoling to see, in the example of her life, that, even amid scenes of violence and crime, goodness and virtue, when combined with spirit and sense, maintain that superiority which belongs alone to the higher qualities of our nature, and which without these 'can be permanently conferred by neither title nor station.
第 11 頁 - The titles of many of these claimants are disputed ; but the Hindu tribes yield unanimous suffrage to the prince of Mewar as the legitimate heir to the throne of Rama, and style him Hindua Sooraj, or ' Sun of the Hindus.' * • He is universally allowed to be the first of the ' thirty-six royal tribes ' ; nor has a doubt ever been raised respecting his purity of descent.
第 29 頁 - exercise of power ;" and in the full spirit of a pious and benevolent mind was wont to exclaim, when urged by her ministers to acts of extreme severity, " Let us, mortals, beware how we destroy
第 83 頁 - Districts on the Coromandel coast, and which at some points rise to an elevation of 8000 feet above the sea, are clothed with magnificent primeval forest; while the belt of flat country, to an average distance of about 10 miles...
第 29 頁 - ... the labours she imposed upon herself, and which from the age of thirty to that of sixty, when she died, were unremitted. The hours gained from the affairs of the state were all given to acts of devotion and charity ; and a deep sense of religion appears to have strengthened her mind in the performance of her worldly duties. She used to say, that she " deemed herself answerable to God for every exercise of...

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