... dignity should keep us from turgid declamations about her craft and greed. Our business is not to shriek, and splutter, and scold, but to keep a watchful eye upon her movements. It is a relief to find that the Government have abstained from precipitate action ...

... so prominently and obtrusively visible from the river, except, perhaps, after sunset, as to divert his attention perforce, and hinder him from pursuing his onward course. The length and number of the stages from Oxford downwards varies as much as the ...

... is not farther from the imperial capital than York is from London. The rebels, whom we surely ought no longer to call so, are in possession of the navigation of the only two great rivers of China, which traverse and fertilise it from west to east, as ...

... say, to glibly repeat, that from the Caspian to Tashkend it is only 800 miles as the crow flies, and 500 more, bating deserts, from Tashkend to Merv; and that Merv is again but 300 miles from Herat, while Herat is only 600 from Peshawar, which is the backdoor ...