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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
" old soldier" of a mamma , or a very grand Burri Bibi , i . e . " great lady , " who oppresses the simple neAi * arrivals by the splendour of her Kashmirs , her jewels , and the exceeding formality or condescension of her manner . From such the ensign keeps aloof , the bold cornet gets " taught manners ;"
half the ladies speak of her as dear Lady or Mrs . So-and-so , to show then intimacy ; the other half abuse her as proud and haughty , to SIIOAV then independence . There too rode the stately Nizam u Doulah , or Pillar of the State—the Prime Minister—whom the British Envoy had recommended to the Shahthe clearest headthe most
far-, , seeing mind in Afghanistan , descended from the very noblest branch of the royal clan of the Populzais , brother , too , of that celebrated Wufa Begum , who Avas the stay , the counsellor , the nobler self of Shah Slmjah , during his long and dreary exile ; —too conscious of superiority , as well as too polite , to be either haughty or subsenient , the Vazir had that perfection of
manner ( perfect self-possession with perfect ease ) which arises from self-respect and respect for others , and which is unattainable except to those ivho possess great mental qualities . There
he rode , his noble features , majestic eyes , and magnificent black beard thrown into shade by a Kashmir-shawl turban , the pair of which formed his girdle , his crimson-cloth chogah richly embroidered in gold , ancl the rest of his dress of the purest white ; his grey Turkoman charger , ivith matchless forehead and legs , though , like his race , deficient in the quarter , Avas
adorned with scarlet trappings , and remarkable for the easiness of his paces , yet occasionally indidging in those cuiwets and caprioles that all Eastern horses are taught as a part of their education . At the right of the Nizam u Doulah rode his gallant son , Abbas Khan , in the full promise of early manhood , like his father a perfect gentleman in the delicate neatness of
his habits , the high-toned courtesy of his manner , ancl the chivalrous daring of his spirit . For a gentleman is like a sword . The meanest , coarsest sivord , were it but a ship ' s cutlass , must be clean ; secondly , to be a good weapon , an aristocrat among swords , it must be bright ancl pliable . Your true Toledo , that can be rolled up like a ribbon , will never break ; a clown , of whatever rank , cannot bend—he is in the mud already ; and thh'dly , as a sword is not a sword without a soldier ' s hand to use it , unless it can
say" Mich tragt ein tapferer Eeiter ;" so a gentleman is not a gentleman , however personable , hoivever accomplished , unless the gallant soul be Avithin .
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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
" old soldier" of a mamma , or a very grand Burri Bibi , i . e . " great lady , " who oppresses the simple neAi * arrivals by the splendour of her Kashmirs , her jewels , and the exceeding formality or condescension of her manner . From such the ensign keeps aloof , the bold cornet gets " taught manners ;"
half the ladies speak of her as dear Lady or Mrs . So-and-so , to show then intimacy ; the other half abuse her as proud and haughty , to SIIOAV then independence . There too rode the stately Nizam u Doulah , or Pillar of the State—the Prime Minister—whom the British Envoy had recommended to the Shahthe clearest headthe most
far-, , seeing mind in Afghanistan , descended from the very noblest branch of the royal clan of the Populzais , brother , too , of that celebrated Wufa Begum , who Avas the stay , the counsellor , the nobler self of Shah Slmjah , during his long and dreary exile ; —too conscious of superiority , as well as too polite , to be either haughty or subsenient , the Vazir had that perfection of
manner ( perfect self-possession with perfect ease ) which arises from self-respect and respect for others , and which is unattainable except to those ivho possess great mental qualities . There
he rode , his noble features , majestic eyes , and magnificent black beard thrown into shade by a Kashmir-shawl turban , the pair of which formed his girdle , his crimson-cloth chogah richly embroidered in gold , ancl the rest of his dress of the purest white ; his grey Turkoman charger , ivith matchless forehead and legs , though , like his race , deficient in the quarter , Avas
adorned with scarlet trappings , and remarkable for the easiness of his paces , yet occasionally indidging in those cuiwets and caprioles that all Eastern horses are taught as a part of their education . At the right of the Nizam u Doulah rode his gallant son , Abbas Khan , in the full promise of early manhood , like his father a perfect gentleman in the delicate neatness of
his habits , the high-toned courtesy of his manner , ancl the chivalrous daring of his spirit . For a gentleman is like a sword . The meanest , coarsest sivord , were it but a ship ' s cutlass , must be clean ; secondly , to be a good weapon , an aristocrat among swords , it must be bright ancl pliable . Your true Toledo , that can be rolled up like a ribbon , will never break ; a clown , of whatever rank , cannot bend—he is in the mud already ; and thh'dly , as a sword is not a sword without a soldier ' s hand to use it , unless it can
say" Mich tragt ein tapferer Eeiter ;" so a gentleman is not a gentleman , however personable , hoivever accomplished , unless the gallant soul be Avithin .