Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India, Parte68,Volumen2Richard Bentley, 1834 |
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... Gardens - Kokarea - Artists - Mausoleums and Mosque at Sercaze - Palace and Gardens at Shab - Bhaug - Nurse's Well - Afghans Conquered by the Mogul Tartars - Character of Timur - Lung - Declining State of the Empire , and Usurpation of ...
... Gardens - Kokarea - Artists - Mausoleums and Mosque at Sercaze - Palace and Gardens at Shab - Bhaug - Nurse's Well - Afghans Conquered by the Mogul Tartars - Character of Timur - Lung - Declining State of the Empire , and Usurpation of ...
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... gardens . A town is seldom conquered without such a discovery ; and it is not uncommon to find similar deposits in the country . That these concealments were believed among the ancients , we learn from many historians , especially from ...
... gardens . A town is seldom conquered without such a discovery ; and it is not uncommon to find similar deposits in the country . That these concealments were believed among the ancients , we learn from many historians , especially from ...
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... gardens were then in a state of desolation . I received private information , that under a particular tower in this mansion was a secret cell , known only to the owner and the mason who con- structed it ; that very man gave me the ...
... gardens were then in a state of desolation . I received private information , that under a particular tower in this mansion was a secret cell , known only to the owner and the mason who con- structed it ; that very man gave me the ...
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... garden at Dhuboy was infested with them , and I have every reason to believe they were attracted from it to follow these musicians . It may appear extraordinary in Europe , but as I have already observed , there is an allusion to it in ...
... garden at Dhuboy was infested with them , and I have every reason to believe they were attracted from it to follow these musicians . It may appear extraordinary in Europe , but as I have already observed , there is an allusion to it in ...
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... this . A betel - garden , kept free from weeds , and well watered , is a beautiful object . The cooler the situa- tion , the more luxuriant are the plants ; for which 38 AGRICULTURE . reason the gardeners often raise a clump.
... this . A betel - garden , kept free from weeds , and well watered , is a beautiful object . The cooler the situa- tion , the more luxuriant are the plants ; for which 38 AGRICULTURE . reason the gardeners often raise a clump.
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Página 98 - 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 513 - 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 516 - How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Página 386 - Behold, fond man : See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength. Thy sober autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares? those busy bustling days? Those gay-spent, festive nights? those veering thoughts Lost between good and ill, that shared thy life?
Página 513 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Página 241 - 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 332 - 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 516 - ... 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 150 - Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord.
Página 516 - 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...