1 HISTORY OF TUB SIKHS-
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3 CHAPTER XVI
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5 A SKETCH OF THE COURT OF LAHORE.
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7 .<* IN giving a sketch of the court ot Lahore, the
8 first place is due to the Maharajah. To look at *
9 the in at';, little of the hero can be discovered; he-'
10 is small in stature; and his face, disfigui*ed with the
11 small-pox, and deprived of the left eye from the
12 saute cause, is not much indebted to nature for its
13 external beauty. His remaining eye is very large ;
14 and there is a fife and brilliancy about it, when he
15 becomes animated, which at once discover the
16 energetic mind and discriminating character ot its
17 owner. His smile is pleasing, and his manner ol
18 address easy and unembarrassed on all occasions ,
19 he never appears at a. loss fox* words to express his
20 ideas, which are quickly formed on any subject.
21 When discoursing, he appears at once to grasp the
22 whole bearings of the subject, and his reasoning
23 ■nmvffl's and discriminating acumen are of the
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