The Story of My Life

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W. Blackwood and sons, 1878 - 471 páginas
 

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Página 77 - ... private citizen ; who infused into Oriental despotism the spirit of British freedom ; who never forgot that the end of government is the welfare of the governed ; who abolished cruel rites ; who effaced humiliating distinctions; who allowed liberty to the expression of public opinion ; whose constant study it was to elevate the moral and intellectual character of the Government committed to his charge. This...
Página 409 - I took leave of them both in the morning, and had settled down to my work after breakfast was over. It chanced to be a day set apart for the arrangement of yearly allowances and gifts to Brahmins, and all the chief Brahmins were present, and the old Shastree among them. Several were seated at the table with me, assisting me, when suddenly I heard the clash of the express-runner's bells coming up the street. I thought it might be some message from Linsoogoor, or some new arrangement for the Ranees
Página 410 - said the old priest, as soon as he could speak ; " he could not escape his fate, and the prophecy is fulfilled." ' It was indeed a strange accomplishment of the prediction. In a few days more the Rajah would have completed his twenty-fourth year \ and now he had died by his own hand ! I sent for the Kanee's father, and bade him break the news gently to his daughter.
Página 411 - He had travelled in a palankeen, with the officer commanding his escort near him, all the way to their camp. ' When they arrived the officer took off his belt, in which was a loaded revolver, hung it over a chair, and went outside the tent. While washing his face a moment afterwards he heard a shot, and running back found the Rajah lying on the ground, quite dead. The ball had entered his stomach and passed through the spine.
Página 407 - It's no use, sahib," returned the Shastree, shaking his head mournfully. "Your intentions are merciful, but you are helpless before his fate. He will die, — how, we may not see; but he must die, — he cannot live. You, sahib, and I are the only two living that possess this secret, and you must be so good as to tell me directly you know his sentence. I cannot believe that the Government will spare him. . I firmly expect that he will be blown away from a gun.
Página 407 - part of the prediction is already fulfilled, and the rest will surely follow ; it is quite inevitable." "Do you think the Rajah knew of the prediction?" I inquired. "If he did, it may have made him reckless." "I do not think he knew it," replied the old priest, "for the last time I saw the box it was in the treasury, with the seals unbroken as you left it." (Captain Wyndham had secured the box and kept the horoscope with the rolls of calculations as a curiosity, not knowing their purport.) "We cannot...
Página 406 - A few hours after my arrival in Shorapoor the old Brahmin priest came to me privately. " ' Do you remember, Sahib,' he asked, ' what I once told you, and what the Ranee said when we were with her at her bedside ? ' " ' Perfectly,' I answered ; ' you said the Rajah would not live to complete his twenty-fourth year, and that he would lose his country.' '"Yes, Sahib,' he went on ; 'part of the prediction is already fulfilled, and the rest will surely follow — it is quite inevitable.' " ' Do you think...
Página 464 - It is to advise all who go there, in whatever capacity, or whatever position they may hold, — use true courtesy to natives of all degrees. My experience has taught me that large masses of men are more easily led than driven, and that courtesy and kindness and firmness will gain many a point which, under a hard and haughty bearing, would prove unattainable. By courtesy, I do not mean undue familiarity. — far from it...
Página 228 - You speak truth, lady," said the Shastree, who was sobbing. " It is only the truth, Taylor Sahib ; I have tested all the calculations, and find them exactly conforming to the truth according to the planets. The Rajah is safe till then ; but when that time comes, how, I know not, but he will surely die. He will never complete his twenty-fourth year ! never I never ! " " No ! " cried the Ranee, interrupting him — " he will not live ; he is the last of his race.

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