The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record

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Oriental Institute, 1901
Beginning Apr. 1895, includes the Proceedings of the East India Association.
 

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Página 427 - OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Printed from the Fifth and last Edition. With a Commentary by HM BATSON, and a Biographical Introduction by ED Ross.
Página 65 - Sir (said he, eagerly), it is not an improvement ; they object, that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If they do not draw spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession ; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ?
Página 267 - WHEN silent time, wi' lightly foot, Had trod on thirty years, I sought again my native land Wi' mony hopes and fears. Wha kens gin the dear friends I left May still continue mine? Or gin I e'er again shall taste The joys I left langsyne? As I drew near my ancient pile, My heart beat a' the way; Ilk place I passed seemed yet to speak O' some dear former day : — Those days that followed me afar, Those happy days o' mine, Whilk made me think the present joys A
Página 407 - Illustrated. 6d. net. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900). Letters from the Front By AG HALES. 6s. Canaries and Cage-Birds, The Illustrated Book of. With 56 Coloured Plates, 35s. ; half-morocco, £2 5s.
Página 214 - By Mrs MEYNELL. Third Impression. Crown Svo, 2s. 6d. MICHIE. The Englishman in China during the Victorian Era. As Illustrated in the Life of Sir Rutherford Alcock, KCB, DCL, many years Consul and Minister in China and Japan. By ALEXANDER MICHIE, Author of ' The Siberian Overland Route,' ' Missionaries in China,
Página 213 - List of Archaeological Reports published under the authority of the Secretary of State, Government of India, local Governments, etc., which are not included in the Imperial series of such reports (Calcutta...
Página 16 - The Sultan ordered all the inhabitants to quit the place (Delhi), and upon some delay being evinced he made a proclamation stating that what person soever, being an inhabitant of that city, should be found in any of its houses or streets should receive condign punishment.
Página 268 - Nae weel-kenned face I saw, Till Donald tottered to the door, Wham I left in his prime, And grat to see the lad return He bore about langsyne. I ran to ilka dear friend's room, As if to find them there ; I knew where ilk ane used to sit, And hung o'er mony a chair ; Till soft remembrance threw a veil Across these een o' mine — I closed the door, and sobbed aloud, To think on auld langsyne.
Página 395 - So far as it is possible to change the Indian Fiscal system, it is desirable that the cultivator should pay a smaller portion of the whole national charge. It is not in itself a thrifty policy to draw the mass of revenue from the rural districts, where capital is scarce, sparing the towns, where it is often redundant and runs to waste and luxury.
Página 409 - A mighty bowl on deck he drew, And filled it to the brink ; Such drank the Burford's* gallant crew, And such the gods sha,ll drink. " The sacred robe which Vernon wore Was drenched within the same ; And hence his virtues guard our shore, And Grog derives its name.

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