nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins
nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins
"Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."
----Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
All the explanation of "nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins" I got from the site below:
http://bookdoors.com/annotation.php?annotationID=118
and it as:
The three words refer to the British in India. A "nabob" is a British man who's acquired a large fortune in India, though the word comes to mean any wealthy, powerful man. Although "mohr" appears in the OED as a unit of volume, the use post-dates Austen's life, and the OED supplies no other meaning. The editor of the Norton Critical Edition of S&S writes that mohrs are Indian coins.
"Palanquin" is a sedan-chair with two poles extending front and back for the bearers.
----Dec 13
"I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess to feel. But, in return, your sister must allow me to feel no more than I profess. I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower—and a troop of tidy, happy villages please me better than the finest banditti in the world."
---Dec 20
"Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."
----Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
All the explanation of "nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins" I got from the site below:
http://bookdoors.com/annotation.php?annotationID=118
and it as:
The three words refer to the British in India. A "nabob" is a British man who's acquired a large fortune in India, though the word comes to mean any wealthy, powerful man. Although "mohr" appears in the OED as a unit of volume, the use post-dates Austen's life, and the OED supplies no other meaning. The editor of the Norton Critical Edition of S&S writes that mohrs are Indian coins.
"Palanquin" is a sedan-chair with two poles extending front and back for the bearers.
----Dec 13
"I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess to feel. But, in return, your sister must allow me to feel no more than I profess. I like a fine prospect, but not on picturesque principles. I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing. I do not like ruined, tattered cottages. I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower—and a troop of tidy, happy villages please me better than the finest banditti in the world."
---Dec 20
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