The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Band 10Viking Press, 1930 - 299 Seiten Autobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the Western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 16
Seite 93
... boar , but in blind cover he has more than an equal chance against a man . That is one of the purifying risks of pig - sticking . The other two of my heat have wounded a thirty - six- inch boar who lies in a patch of thick thorn . We ...
... boar , but in blind cover he has more than an equal chance against a man . That is one of the purifying risks of pig - sticking . The other two of my heat have wounded a thirty - six- inch boar who lies in a patch of thick thorn . We ...
Seite 148
... boar's back . There's no skill in riding such a country : nothing avails but a good horse , and good luck . I have ... boar now , and another spear is riding wide , expecting a jink . The boar is winded . He'll charge . Yes , but the ...
... boar's back . There's no skill in riding such a country : nothing avails but a good horse , and good luck . I have ... boar now , and another spear is riding wide , expecting a jink . The boar is winded . He'll charge . Yes , but the ...
Seite 149
... boar . Steadily we draw nearer . There is no cover here , and the boar is blown . We draw level . The boar's mouth is open - in another two lengths those big tusks of his will furrow the sand . He's charged . He's come up my spear . I ...
... boar . Steadily we draw nearer . There is no cover here , and the boar is blown . We draw level . The boar's mouth is open - in another two lengths those big tusks of his will furrow the sand . He's charged . He's come up my spear . I ...
Inhalt
New Years Eve 1905 | 3 |
Durbar and a Dog Fight | 14 |
Masheen of the Mirrored Thumbs | 31 |
Urheberrecht | |
16 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adjutant Afridi Agra Alphonso amongst answered Arab asana asked babu Bagdad Bagh ball Bannu Bareilly Basra beauty Benares Bengal Lancer Bhagawan Sri Billy blood boar body brahmacharin Brahmins brain breath Brownstone bungalow Cavalry Colonel Crediton Daim Daisy dance dark dawn dead Delamain Devil Durbar earth eyes feet Ganges guru guru-ji Hamzullah hand Hastini Hazoor head heart Hindu horses India Jagwant Joey Juggernaut Jumbo Khushal killed Kundalini Lashkman learned legs light living looked Mahatma mind morning Naim Shah neck never night officer pandit-ji passed path Peshawar polo polo ground ponies Pranayama Pushtu regiment religion ride Rissaldar river round rupees saddhu Sahib says seemed seen sentries Sher Dil Siva Sivanand sleep soul spear squadron syces tell temple things thought thousand tion told trenches troops Turkish Turks Vedas Woordie Major wounded Yoga Yogi