Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky

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W. Blackwood and sons, 1902 - 423 頁

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第 109 頁 - Is it true, O Shadrach, and Meshach, and Abed-nego ! do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? " Now if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
第 245 頁 - And thou must lay me in that lovely earth, And heap a stately mound above my bones, And plant a far-seen pillar over all: That so the passing horseman on the waste May see my tomb a great way off, and say — Sohrab, the mighty Rustum's son, lies there, Whom his great father did in ignorance kill— And I be not forgotten in my grave.
第 xix 頁 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
第 297 頁 - Nasratabad, the northern town, though little to boast of, is by far the more imposing of the two, being enclosed by high walls, about 350 yards in length from north to south and 400 yards from east to west, with buttresses at intervals of about 40 yards.
第 245 頁 - Zal, and all thy friends. And thou must lay me in that lovely earth, And heap a stately mound above my bones, And plant a far-seen pillar over all. That so the passing horseman on the waste...
第 300 頁 - Husainabad, there remains the more modern part of the town, which I have already spoken of as Trenchabad. Separated from the rest of the city by a " maidan " (stretch of level ground) of some acres, it occupies an admirable site, and has the advantage of room for extension, should it at any time be thought advisable to embark upon enlargement. Between two rows of buildings is a wide space more nearly a square than a street, at one end of which flies the Union Jack from a flagstaff planted in a solidly...
第 303 頁 - Kobat, which he looked upon as a certain production of the near future ; indeed, I heard the advent of a line along the new trade-route discussed with much more certainty by the higher-class Sistanis, who look upon the question of its ultimate construction as in no way open to doubt, than I did at the QuettaNushki end of the route.
第 313 頁 - High stands thy Kabul citadel, where many have room and rest ; "The Amirs give welcome entry, but they speed not a parting guest ; "So a stranger needs safe escort, and the "Whom shall I choose of those I know?
第 198 頁 - Lolotte had disappeared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed her.

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