Illustrations to Oriental Memoirs, Volumen2Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1834 |
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... ed ready for conflagrations ; upon this , sometimes a cow , sometimes an old woman , is placed by the con- structors of the pile ; and the whole is consumed toge- 26 EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOMS . ther . The objectof this practice.
... ed ready for conflagrations ; upon this , sometimes a cow , sometimes an old woman , is placed by the con- structors of the pile ; and the whole is consumed toge- 26 EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOMS . ther . The objectof this practice.
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... whole transaction , and by this means so ingratiated him- self with his sovereign , that he employed him , as a man of courage and genius , in many arduous en- terprizes ; in which he was so successful as to be raised to the command of ...
... whole transaction , and by this means so ingratiated him- self with his sovereign , that he employed him , as a man of courage and genius , in many arduous en- terprizes ; in which he was so successful as to be raised to the command of ...
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... whole of India , where I believe animal oil is never used . Mustard - seed is in great estimation for pickles , and similar purposes , but more so for its oil , which is ex- pressed in great abundance . Hemp and flax are cultivated by ...
... whole of India , where I believe animal oil is never used . Mustard - seed is in great estimation for pickles , and similar purposes , but more so for its oil , which is ex- pressed in great abundance . Hemp and flax are cultivated by ...
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... whole mass of native officers em- ployed in the cutcheree or revenue department . Such farmers were however not to be met with in the Company's territory , nor I believe throughout the whole province of Guzerat , while I resided there ...
... whole mass of native officers em- ployed in the cutcheree or revenue department . Such farmers were however not to be met with in the Company's territory , nor I believe throughout the whole province of Guzerat , while I resided there ...
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... whole villages , with all the lands belonging to them , are appropriated to favorites of the reigning sovereign , to dancing - girls or cele- brated devotees . One of the most beautiful and flou- rishing villages I ever saw , had , with ...
... whole villages , with all the lands belonging to them , are appropriated to favorites of the reigning sovereign , to dancing - girls or cele- brated devotees . One of the most beautiful and flou- rishing villages I ever saw , had , with ...
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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.