 VVylam, who had breathed a prayer over his virgin sword that England might have many wars, set sail for India. Strange passions — national passions, which compare with the rage of a man as a thunderstorm compares to a sneeze — were bestirring themselves...  Flotsam: The Study of a Life - Page 92by Henry Seton Merriman - 1896 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1896 - 698 pages
...that is cut down in the morning. Such a time as this had dawned with the year 18rs4, when Harry Wylam, who had breathed a prayer over his virgin sword that...of the universe, and there to challenge Fortune. In eighteen hundred and fifty-four such a time as this came to our country, and far away in Calcutta—... | |
 | Christopher Herbert - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 364 pages
...for an analysis of British conduct in the war. It proves to be another sharply ambivalent analysis. "Strange passions — national passions, which compare...themselves in the hearts of people hitherto peaceful," observes the narrator (106), who may or may not be referring here only to the natives of India. The... | |
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