The Widow of Calcutta: The Half-caste Daughter; and Other Sketches, 第 2 卷D.N. Carvalho, 1841 |
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第 138 頁 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
第 146 頁 - You are old, mother, (she said,) and a few years will end your pious life. My only child and husband are gone, and when you follow, life, I feel, will be insupportable ; but the opportunity of terminating it with honour will then have passed.
第 139 頁 - the last years of her administration, and know " well what feelings were excited by the mere " mention of her name. Among the princes of her " own nation, it would have been looked upon as " sacrilege to have become her enemy, or, indeed, " not to have defended her against any hostile " attempt. She was considered by all in the same " light. The Nizam of the Deckan and Tippoo " Sultan granted her the same respect as the " Paishwah ; and Mahomedans joined with Hindus " in prayers for her long life...
第 135 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
第 135 頁 - ... 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 ;" 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 137 頁 - Grassiahs, will be particularly described in a subsequent chapter. prosperity of all around her ; she rejoiced, we are told, when she saw bankers, merchants, farmers, and cultivators, rise to affluence ; and, so far from deeming their increased wealth a ground of exaction, she considered it a legitimate claim to increased* favour and protection.
第 136 頁 - ... rest This course of life, marked by prayer, abstinence, and labour, knew little variation, except what was occasioned by religious fasts and festivals (of which she was very observant), and the occurrence of public emergencies.
第 136 頁 - From a very minute narrative which has been obtained of Alia Bhye's daily occupations, it appears, that she rose one hour before daybreak to say her morning prayers, and perform the customary ceremonies. She then heard the sacred volumes of her faith read for a fixed period, distributed alms, and gave food, in person, to a number of Brahmins. Her own breakfast was then brought, which was always of vegetable diet ; for, although the rules of her tribe did not require it, she had forsworn animal food....
第 139 頁 - double the money on an army that she did in " charity and good works, could have preserved " her country for above thirty years in a state of " profound peace, while she rendered her subjects " happy and herself adored? No person...
第 138 頁 - No person doubts the sincerity of her piety ; but if she had merely possessed worldly wisdom, she could have devised no means so admirably calculated...