 To sum up their character in a few words," concludes the same judicious author, "their vices are revenge, envy, avarice, rapacity, and obstinacy; on the other hand, they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependents, hospitable,...  An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia: From the Earliest Ages to ... - Pagina 428door James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 472 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edmund Burke - 1816 - 838 pagina’s
...their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent j and they are less disposed than the nations in their...neighbourhood to falsehood^ intrigue, and deceit. THE THE MOOLLAHS, OR MAHOMETAN FRIEST8. (From the tame.j The Moolahs, and all the religious, even if they... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone (hon.) - 1815 - 744 pagina’s
...; on the other hand, they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent;...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit. CHAP. VIII. OF THE INHABITANTS OF TOWNS. T HAVE hitherto confined myself to those points of character... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1824 - 858 pagina’s
...; on the other hand they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit. THE MOOLLAHS, OR MAHOMETAN PRIESTS. (From the Same.) The Moollahs, and all the religious, even if they... | |
 | James Charlton - 1829 - 250 pagina’s
...their friends, kind to their dependents, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent. They are less disposed than the nations in their neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit. »E MARKS. Afghanistan is often called the kingdom of Caubul, from Caubul the capital, and sometimes... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 594 pagina’s
...; on the other hand, they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit.' This character is rather more favourable than that which is given of the same people by that extraordinary... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone (hon.) - 1839 - 466 pagina’s
...future, and by their confidence in themselves. To sum up the character of the Afghauns in a few words ; their vices are revenge, envy, avarice, rapacity,...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit. CHAPTER VIII, OF THE INHABITANTS OF TOWNS. I HAVE hitherto confined myself to those points of character... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1841 - 1052 pagina’s
...; on the other hand, they are fond ol liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit." Customs, Manners. — The formerof these heads comprehends the internal government of the tribes. This... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1842 - 472 pagina’s
...future, and by their confidence in themselves. To sum up the character of the Afghauns in a few words ; their vices are revenge, envy, avarice, rapacity,...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit. 332 CHAPTER VIII. OF THE INHABITANTS OF TOWNS. I HAVE hitherto confined myself to those points of character... | |
 | 1842 - 796 pagina’s
...obstinate ; on the other, they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit." The most powerful tribe among the Affghans, and by far the most interesting in every respect, is called... | |
 | 1842 - 624 pagina’s
...; on the other hand, they are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependants, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious, and prudent...neighbourhood to falsehood, intrigue, and deceit." ON THE USE AND STUDY OF HISTORY.* A. CHEAT thinker of the present day has said that among the certainties... | |
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