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Am I the only article named Burton that has an ounce of energy in his whole composition." Bibliography: 55. Sind Revisited. 1877. 56. The Gold Mines of Midian. 1878. 57. Ogham Runes. 1879. 59. The Land of Midian Revisited. 2 vols., 1879. "The New Joseph." 31st March 1877-21st April 1877. 19th October 1877-20th April 1878.
Meanwhile Sháh Beg, the eldest son of the Zulnun, who had formerly ruled in Kandahár, had marched upon and had conquered Sind, and had made Bukkur the capital. He died in June, 1524.
"Ganz wohl; wir sind zufrieden mit unsere behandlung." I passed through the shell-shock wards and a yard where the "shell-shocks" sat about, dumb, or making queer, foolish noises, or staring with a look of animal fear in their eyes. From a padded room came a sound of singing. Some idiot of war was singing between bursts of laughter. It all seemed so funny to him, that war, so mad!
'Wir sind gewohnt das die Menschen verhoehnen was sie nicht verstehen. Goethe is always pithy." The Episode of the Barrel The police had brought a cab with them, and in this I escorted Miss Morstan back to her home.
After a night's repose the two princes marched towards Sind, and when within a day's distance from the capital, dispatched a courier to give notice of their approach.
There were boxes for Sind and Maja, and metal-bound cases for Kent. The early explorers of this part of the galaxy had christened huge suns for little villages and territories back on Earth which less than one human being in ten thousand had ever seen. The sound of the stacking of freight parcels was crisp and distinct in the morning hush.
'I'm anxious f'r to ind this hor'ble war, he says, 'which has cost me manny a sleepy night, he says; 'but 'twud be a crime f'r to sind a sojer onprepared to battle, he says. 'Wait f'r th' pijammas, he says. 'Thin on to war, he says; 'an' let ye'er watchword be, "Raymimber ye'er manners," he says. "'They'se a man out here, says th' privit sicrity, 'that wants to see ye, he says.
"In 1845, when Sir Charles Napier had conquered and annexed Sind, . . . it was reported to me that Karachi, a townlet of some two thousand souls, and distant not more than a mile from camp. . . . Being then the only British officer who could speak Sindi, I was asked indirectly to make inquiries, and to report upon the subject; and I undertook the task on the express condition that my report should not be forwarded to the Bombay Government, from whom supporters of the conqueror's policy could expect scant favour, mercy, or justice.
"Sind out the rint, Joe, my darling," again bawled the widow, proving that very little said in the inner room was lost upon her. "Oh, sink you and your rint, you owld hag!" but he paid for the glass for his friend; "and may I be d d if they aint the very last coppers I've got."
Then he says merely that they "kaum 6 Stunden gefahren sind," which may mean that the time actually spent in motion did not exceed the number of hours indicated, whatever that may be; and not that the journey itself, "including stoppages," took up no more.
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