Illustrations to Oriental Memoirs, Volumen2Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1834 |
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... occasion to make an exposure . Suicide is not only sanctioned among the Hindoos , but on certain occasions is deemed meritorious . Major Moor men- tions , that among the five most eligible modes , is that of going into the sea near the ...
... occasion to make an exposure . Suicide is not only sanctioned among the Hindoos , but on certain occasions is deemed meritorious . Major Moor men- tions , that among the five most eligible modes , is that of going into the sea near the ...
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... occasion , composed and used the following prayer by the desire of the sufferer : " O Almighty and everlasting God ; whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did give to his Apostles , and other ministers of his word , power over unclean spirits ...
... occasion , composed and used the following prayer by the desire of the sufferer : " O Almighty and everlasting God ; whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did give to his Apostles , and other ministers of his word , power over unclean spirits ...
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... occasions . When informed of her resolution , I desired the officer of the guard , Cap- tain H , to endeavour to divert the suttee from her intention , and in case of failure to acquaint me with the result . He soon communicated his ...
... occasions . When informed of her resolution , I desired the officer of the guard , Cap- tain H , to endeavour to divert the suttee from her intention , and in case of failure to acquaint me with the result . He soon communicated his ...
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... occasion re- quires . By these means a bright extensive light is kept up . A great number of torch - bearers are assem- bled at the Hindoo festivals , especially weddings ; they give a brilliant effect to the spectacle . I have some ...
... occasion re- quires . By these means a bright extensive light is kept up . A great number of torch - bearers are assem- bled at the Hindoo festivals , especially weddings ; they give a brilliant effect to the spectacle . I have some ...
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... occasion the culprit is stripped naked , and a sheep being killed , the warm skin of the animal is imme- diately stretched to the utmost , and sewed tight over the prisoner's body ; he is then conducted to the flat roof of the prison ...
... occasion the culprit is stripped naked , and a sheep being killed , the warm skin of the animal is imme- diately stretched to the utmost , and sewed tight over the prisoner's body ; he is then conducted to the flat roof of the prison ...
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Página 99 - The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either; yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs, and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong, indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists.
Página 415 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Página 199 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Página 274 - That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Página 418 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.
Página 418 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Página 164 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Página 15 - And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
Página 200 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Página 415 - He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.