A History of the Mahrattas, Volum 1Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 |
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Side 231 - ... were most minute ; and, the officer of each department was furnished with distinct rules for his guidance, from which no deviation was permitted. A rigid economy characterized all Sivajee's instructions regarding expenditure.
Side 242 - After arriving at this height there is an immense craggy precipice of black rock upwards of 40 ft. high, and surmounting the whole is a strong stone wall with towers. The fort is of an irregular shape ; the exterior presents on all sides the stupendous barrier already mentioned, so that, except by the gates, entrance seems impossible. From the summit, when the atmosphere is clear, is seen to the E.
Side 393 - Moguls advanced, he withdrew into the Fort, and rolled down huge stones from the rock above, which did great execution. The blockade, however, was complete, all communications were cut off, provisions were exhausted, and the besieged must have been compelled to surrender had not Parshuram Trimbak, who had thrown himself into the Fort of Prali, purchased the connivance of 'Azim Shah, and conveyed stores to the besieged.
Side 489 - A deceitful calm,' says the historian of Muharashtra, ' succeeded ; — the fall of the rain brought back the cheering ' green ; and the beautiful province of Goozerat, which, for ' hundreds of miles, may vie with the finest parks of the nobles ' of England, was clothed, in all its natural beauties, by rapid ' verdure and luxuriant, vegetation. Tranquillity seemed to ' reign, where, a short time before, nothing was to be seen but ' perpetual skirmishing ; murder and robbery in open day ; ' caravans...
Side 170 - Gopinat to the camp of Afzool Khan. The latter represented Sivajee as in great alarm ; but if his fears could be overcome by the personal assurances of the Khan, he was convinced that he might easily be prevailed upon to give himself up. With a blind confidence, Afzool Khan trusted himself to Puntojee's guidance. An interview was agreed upon, and the Beejapoor troops, with great labour, moved to Jowlee. Sivajee prepared a place for the meeting, below the fort of Pertabgurh ; he cut...
Side 522 - I have fallen into that hell of being beset by creditors, and to pacify Soucars and Sillidars, I am falling at their feet, till I have rubbed the skin from my forehead.
Side 331 - Halls of audience for public assemblies and privy councils, with all the courts and cabinets attached to them, each hall magnificently adorned, and having within it a raised seat or throne for the Emperor, surrounded by gilded pillars with canopies of velvet, richly fringed, and superbly embroidered ; separate tents, as mosques and oratories ; baths ; and galleries for archery and gymnastic exercises ; a seraglio as remarkable for luxury and privacy as that of Dehli.
Side 171 - Sivajee had made preparations for his purpose, not as if conscious that he meditated a criminal and treacherous deed, but as if resolved on some meritorious though desperate action. Having performed his ablutions with much earnestness, he laid his head at his mother's feet and besought her blessing.
Side 331 - ... general splendour. The entrance into the royal enclosure was through a spacious portal, flanked by two elegant pavilions, from which extended, on each side, rows of cannon, forming an avenue, at the extremity of which was an immense tent containing the great State drums, and imperial band ; — a little farther in front was the post of the grand guard on duty, commanded by a nobleman, who mounted with it daily. On the other sides, surrounding the great enclosure just mentioned, were separate...
Side 370 - Golcondah, the dignity conferred upon him was entirely unsolicited. Suntajee Ghorepuray, now the oldest representative of the Kapsee family, besides the rank of Senaputtee, was further dignified with some additions to his hereditary titles, and styled Hindoo Rao Mumlukut-Mudar. He was also intrusted with a new standard called the Juree Putka, or Golden Pennon ; and in imitation of the Imperial officers of the highest rank, he was authorized to beat the nobut or large drum, and assume various other...