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Admiral afternoon Ahmed Bot Apharwat appeared Bagh bank Baramula bear beast blue blue pine boats breakfast bridge camp charming chenars Chitor climbed clouds Colonel colour coolies crossed dâk bungalow Dal Lake dark Demy 8vo deodars dounga ekkas feet flood flowers forest grass green grey Gulmarg Haramok hill Hoopoes India Jaipur Jane Jhelum Kashmir Kolahoi Kulgam lady lake landau Lidar Lolab Lolab Valley looked lovely lunch markhor Mewar miles Mogul morning mountains Murree Nanga Parbat native night nullah ourselves Pahlgam Palace Parbat pass path peaks Pindi pine Pir Panjal Pohru ponies poplars purple rain remarkably ridge river road rock roof rose round rupees Sabz sahib seemed sent shikari side Singh slopes Smithsons snow Srinagar steep stood stream strolled temple tent tiffin tonga trees Udaipur valley village Wangat weather wild wooden Wular Wular Lake yellow yesterday
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Page 315 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 108 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with grey.
Page 194 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the...
Page 204 - THERE lies a vale in Ida, lovelier Than all the valleys of Ionian hills. The swimming vapour slopes athwart the glen, Puts forth an arm, and creeps from pine to pine. And loiters, slowly drawn. On either hand The lawns and meadow-ledges midway down Hang rich in flowers, and far below them roars The long brook falling thro' the clov'n ravine In cataract after cataract to the sea.
Page 274 - The twelve pillars also that uphold the canopy are set round with rows of fair pearl and of an excellent water, that weigh from six to ten carats a piece. At the distance of four feet, upon each side of the throne, are placed two umbrellas, the handles of which are about eight feet high, covered with diamonds; the umbrellas themselves being of crimson velvet, embroidered and fringed with pearl. This is the famous throne which Timur began and Shah Johan finished, and is really reported to have cost...