...realising the frank sincerity of the profession of faith once made by an old native to Elphinstone : " We are content with discord, we are content with alarms,...blood ; but we will never be content with a master " — a remark which he may have had in mind when he summed up his estimate of the Afghan character...

...man replied with great warmth, and thus concluded an indignant harangue against arbitrary power, " We are content with discord, we are content with alarms,...«• but we will never be content with a master." Another incalculable advantage of the present system is, that although it encourages little disorders,...

...old man of this class, on the superiority of a quiet life, under a powerful monarch, he replied, " We are content with discord ; we are content with alarms ; we are content with bloodshed ; but, we will never be content with a master." What religion prevails in Cabul? Mahometanism....

...on the freedom from alarm, blood, and discord, which must ensue from a more steady government, was ' We are content with discord, we are content with alarms,...blood, but we will never be content with a master.' The land is cultivated by tenants, who pay rent, or by persons who give half the produce to the landlord,...

...Afghaun's most ordinary mode of divination is by examining th>' marks in the blade-bone of a sheep, held up to the light ; and even so the Rev. Mr Robert Kirk...blood, but we will never be content with a master." s The Highland chiefs, otherwise very frequently men of sense and education, and only distinguished...

...abhorrence. The same wild spirit of independence characterizes the Afghans, who now possess the same land. " We are content with discord, we are content with alarms,...blood, but we will never be content with a master," was the reply which was made by an Afghan to a British envoy' who had dwelt upon the discord, alarm,...

...house for a month, and if any cattle there will take a trake, (ie a disease,) as if planet-struck.'* The Afghaun, who, in his weary travels, had seen no...blood, but we will never be content with a master.'^ The highland chiefs, otherwise very frequently men of sense and education, and only distinguished in...

...Fairies, and the like. London, 1815. The Afghaun, who, in his weary travels, had seen no vale equal lo his own native valley of Speiger, may 'find a parallel...blood, but we will never be content with a master."* The Highland chiefs, otherwise very frequently men of sense and education, and only distinguished in...

...with great warmth, and thus concluded an indignant harangue against arbitrary power : " We are eontent with discord, we are content with alarms, we are content...blood, but we will never be content with a master." Asia are so frequently subject. In Persia or India, the passions of a bad King are felt through every...

...steady government, in the security it gives from alarm, discords, and bloodshed, the Afghans replied, "We are content with discord, we are content with alarms, we are content with blood, but we shall never be content with a master." 7. History. This region, under the names of Arachosia, Paropamisus,...