Book/Printed Material Under the sun
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Image 1 of Under the sun oathiny J rata y ve th Dag Bi By am Uh tL he Iga EY ae Pylon g40 wart i ny ee a RY ges Wp Mary Ci Ate TG eh OID…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 5 of Under the sun UNDER THE SUN BY PHIL ROBINSON LATE PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE AND LOGIC TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 5 SPECIAL WAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH IN AFGHANISTAN AND ZULULAND AUTHOR OF…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
- Date: 1882
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Image 6 of Under the sun Copyright 1882 By PHIL ROBINSON UNIVERSITY PRESS Joun Witson AND Son CAMBRIDGE- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 7 of Under the sun DEDICATED TO he Savage and the Lotos Clubs OF LONDON AND NEW YORK BY A SAVAGE OF THE LOTOS 1882- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 9 of Under the sun PREFACE TO LATEST EDITION AUTHORS EXPLANATORY NOTE I am of opinion that no one living can be considered a greater authority upon the subject of Natural History and Unnatural History than my…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 10 of Under the sun Note to Preface the contents of this volume will receive from her a fairer introduction to the Public than I could expect from a more precisely critical pen Puit Rogsinson EDITHS PREFACE- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 11 of Under the sun PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION I wave derived so much pleasure from reading the following sketches humorous and pathetic of Indian incidents scenes and objects that I am glad to have the…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 12 of Under the sun v1 Preface has not only felt the neverceasing attraction of the common objects of India for a cultivated and ob servant fancy but has found time and gifts to record them as…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 13 of Under the sun Preface Sj Vil we get that freshness of feeling which youth alone en joys when all the world is new to it interpreted by the adult and matured mind suddenly entering a…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 15 of Under the sun CONTENTS PAGE A PRELIMINARY WARNING OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS Book 3 Bart I Endian Sketches I In my INDIAN GARDEN STC ere kG hie el When God set about creation He…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 16 of Under the sun x Contents PAGE PLP AAVASTIORS IN WEATHERS 55 9 50 29 cee ee ee Corvus SPLENDENS Crows remarked the Ettrick Shepherd are down in the devils book in roundhand Noctes Ambrosiane GC…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 17 of Under the sun Contents x1 JPart IT The Indian Seasons PAGE ee de Gor Weare tee uipane eet onny 55 A great length of deadly days ye in Calydon dS i Ba sated BPI Maa…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 18 of Under the sun xi TIT IV Vv THe ELEPHANTS FeELLOowCouUNTRYMEN Contents HT GEPH ANI rae iar ere ae RE oe ee ROE Matas They are Square Animals with a Leg at each Corner and a…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 19 of Under the sun Contents Xill PAGE VI Brars Woves Docs Rats S227 Bears are of three kinds Big Bears Middlesized Bears VII I and Little Wee Bears Easily Provoked A Protest of Routine against Reform…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 20 of Under the sun X1V Contents PAGE II Eastern SMELLS AND WESTERN Noses 306 We confess that beside the smell of species there may be individual odours but that an unsavoury odour is gentilitious or national…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 21 of Under the sun Contents XV PAGE Give the gods a thankful sacrifice When it pleaseth their deities to take the wife of a man from him it shows to man the tailors of the earth…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 25 of Under the sun UNDER THE SUN Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat HAVE it not in my nature to look at the animal world merely as a congregation of beasts Nor can I bring myself to…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 26 of Under the sun 4 Under the Sun perpetually dispossessing and who are doomed to ex tinction under the Juggernath of civilization Nature builds only upon ruins The drivingwheel of Progress is Suffering Thus so much…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 27 of Under the sun Under the Sun ers ever he still exists distinguishes the creatures about him by To him for instance the squirrel is the thing that sits in the shadow of its tail and…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 28 of Under the sun 6 Under the Sun is much more to be said on the side of its being an oligarchy Thus in the beginning of days all power was in the hands of the…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 29 of Under the sun Under the Sun 3 vi among the hills are the fearless Ghoorkha leopards and in the broken lowlands along the river that stout old Rohilla thakoor the wild boar resents all royal…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 30 of Under the sun 8 Under the Sun secrecy like the Lama of Thibet or the Unseen God of the Tartars Yet there are those who dispute the weird majesty of the hidden potentate for the…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 31 of Under the sun Under the Sun 9 of the debauch to the horsepond they found everything against them Whether a high wind had got up or what had happened they could not tell but it…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 32 of Under the sun 10 Under the Sun leave on the gander nota tuft of down on the old grey goose and the job completed they left the dame with her bag full of plumage and…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 33 of Under the sun Under the Sun th hundred years and unexpected inebriation from the un known effects of wine has been excused by religion and the unanimous voice of posterity She and her neighbors with…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 34 of Under the sun 12 Under the Sun poultry about her round the kitchen fire and sat down to make them flannel jackets registering a solemn vow as she did so never to jump hastily at…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 35 of Under the sun Under the Sun 13 to carts but the attempt can never succeed for a dog thus employed will always be a very indifferent donkey and never a good dog In Paris again…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
- Date: 1882
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Image 36 of Under the sun 14 Under the Sun fessional liontamer belonging to the establishment and this man with great courage rushes straight into the cage and confronts the lion Discipline and a loaded stick triumph over…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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Image 37 of Under the sun Under the Sun 15 casion he had the cage to himself and there was no occasion that he saw for making a hurried meal But he had misunderstood the facts of the…- Contributor: Robinson, Phil
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About this Item
Title
- Under the sun
Names
- Robinson, Phil, 1847-1902
Created / Published
- Boston : Roberts Brothers, 1882.
Contents
- Indian sketches -- The Indian seasons -- Unnatural history -- Idle hours under the punkah.
Headings
- - India--Description and travel
- - Essays
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- xv, 366 p. ; 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DS413 .R65 1882
Library of Congress Control Number
- 15007442
OCLC Number
- 3757996
Online Format
- online text
- image