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Twenty-One Days in India or the Tour of Sir Ali Baba K.C.B.

1882

now repose on the groaning board of the Gni Ornamental amid a glory of Himalayan or °blossoms from Eden's fields of asphodel reflected upon the eye's retina without prod positive thrills and vibrations of joy (that be measured in terms of ohm or farad) eh up and down the spinal cord and into the hidden seats of pleasure! I certainly can see the luxurious 'bloom of the silver stick® arranged in [...] O. is most awful and =- approachable ; it is in this aspect that the splendour of vice-imperialism seems to beat upon him most fiercely: The Blijas of Bajputsna the diamonds of Golconda the gold of the Wynaad the opium of Malwa the cotton of the Berms and the Stars of India seem ilto be typified in the Holmes; of his attire and the conscious saps riority of his demeanour. [...] One must speak °of nothing but the latest doings at the Gait' the pictures of the last Academy the ripest outcome of scepticism in the Nineteenth Century or the aftermath in the Fermi/Atty. [...] Behind the Chief stand the servants with the emblems of royalty—the peacock feathers the fan the yak tail and the umbrella (now faded). [...] The Secretary of State with his council is in the..etage-box ; the House of Commons in the stalls ; the London Press in the gallery ; the East Indian Association Exeter Hall Professor Fawcett Mr.
history
Pages
230
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142518
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-viii George Mackay view
No. I. The Viceroy
1-8 unknown view
No. II. The A.D.C.-in-Waiting
9-16 unknown view
No. III. The Commander-in-Chief
17-26 unknown view
No. IV. Thee Archdeacon A Man of Both Worlds
27-36 unknown view
No. V. The Secretary to Government
37-46 unknown view
No. VI. H.E. The Bengali Baboo
47-55 unknown view
No. VII. The Raja
56-68 unknown view
No. VIII. The Political Agent a Man in Buckram
69-78 unknown view
No. IX. The Collector
79-88 unknown view
No. X. Baby in Partibus
89-98 unknown view
No. XI. The Red Chuprassie Or the Corrupt Lictor
99-106 unknown view
No. XII. The Planterr a Faemer Prince
107-116 unknown view
No. XIII. The Eurasian; a Study in Chiaro-Oscuro
117-124 unknown view
No. XIV. The Villager
125-136 unknown view
No. XV. The Old Colonel
137-146 unknown view
No. XVI. The Civil Surgeon
147-156 unknown view
No. XVII. The Shikarry
157-166 unknown view
No. XVIII. The Grass-Widow in Nephelococcygia
167-178 unknown view
No. XIX. The Travelling M.P. The British Lion Rampamt
179-188 unknown view
No. XX. Mem-Sahib
189-200 unknown view
No. XXI. Ali Baba Alone; The Last Day
201-210 unknown view

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