The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, Volume 16Parbury, Allen, and Company, 1823 - Asia |
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... appeared to be the signal of at- tack , for we were immediately struck , and surrounded by such numbers as to preclude any hope of escape , or of resistance being of the slightest avail . The human mind , however , is not easily subdued ...
... appeared to be the signal of at- tack , for we were immediately struck , and surrounded by such numbers as to preclude any hope of escape , or of resistance being of the slightest avail . The human mind , however , is not easily subdued ...
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... appeared to have been previously arranged : for imme- diately after we left the brig , two arm- ed junks dropped down alongside of us , and several gun - boats , having each a gun mounted , and carrying a num- ber of armed soldiers ...
... appeared to have been previously arranged : for imme- diately after we left the brig , two arm- ed junks dropped down alongside of us , and several gun - boats , having each a gun mounted , and carrying a num- ber of armed soldiers ...
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... appeared to be very ex- tensive in the form of a horse - shoe , consisting of several patches , with the appearance of good passages between them . The southernmost patch seem- ed to be about 4 miles from Low Island , bearing about ...
... appeared to be very ex- tensive in the form of a horse - shoe , consisting of several patches , with the appearance of good passages between them . The southernmost patch seem- ed to be about 4 miles from Low Island , bearing about ...
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... appeared to extend about 1 mile in a N.E. and S.W. direction ; the sound- ings on it were all coral rock , and by noon observation it is in lat . 10 ° 38 N. lon . 110 ° 18 ' E. , by altitudes taken on the bank , the mean of three chro ...
... appeared to extend about 1 mile in a N.E. and S.W. direction ; the sound- ings on it were all coral rock , and by noon observation it is in lat . 10 ° 38 N. lon . 110 ° 18 ' E. , by altitudes taken on the bank , the mean of three chro ...
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... appeared in his manner a desire to avoid communicating information on this matter , arising perhaps from his situation having been menial , or probably from a disinclination to communicate through an interpreter who evidently displeased ...
... appeared in his manner a desire to avoid communicating information on this matter , arising perhaps from his situation having been menial , or probably from a disinclination to communicate through an interpreter who evidently displeased ...
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Page 474 - If your majesty places any faith in those books, by distinction called divine, you will there be instructed that God is the God of all mankind, not the God of Mahomedans alone.
Page 159 - ... the East India Company, for a further term the possession of the British Territories in India, together with certain exclusive privileges; for establishing further regulations for the Government of the said Territories, and the better administration of justice within the same; and for regulating the trade to and from the places within the limits of the said Company's Charter...
Page 159 - An Act for continuing in the East India Company, for a further Term, the possession of the British Territories " in India, together with certain exclusive Privileges ; for establishing further Regulations for the Government of the said Territories, and the better Administration of Justice within the same ; and for regulating the Trade to and from the Places within the Limits of the said Company's Charter...
Page 474 - Distinctions of colours are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence* In your temples, to his name, the voice is raised in prayer; in a house of images where the bell is shaken, still he is the object of adoration.
Page 319 - Bengal, from time to time, to make and issue such rules, ordinances, and regulations, for the good order and civil government...
Page 243 - Salakya is the treatment of external organic affections or diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, &c. It is derived from Salaka, which means any thin and sharp instrument, and is either applicable in the same manner as Salya, to the active causes of the morbid state, or it is borrowed from the generic name of the slender probes and needles used in operations on the parts affected.
Page 581 - British arms from a deep conviction that under the sway of that nation, their improvement, both mental and social, would be promoted, and their lives, religion, and property be secured. Actuated by such feelings, even in those critical times, which are the best test of the loyalty of the subject they voluntarily came forward with a large portion of their property to enable the British Government to carry into effect the measures necessary for its own defence, considering the cause of the British...
Page 157 - ... then this obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.
Page 448 - ... property undivided, the mother can claim nothing in this instance also. But when a person dies, leaving two or more sons, and all of them survive and be inclined to allot a share to their mother, her right is in this case only valid. Under these expositions, and with such limitations, both...
Page 581 - India, in 1793, the landlords have since, by constantly improving their estates, been able to increase their produce in general very considerably; whereas, prior to that period, and under former Governments, their forefathers were obliged to lay waste the greater part of their estates, in order to make them appear of inferior value, that they might not excite the cupidity of Government, and thus cause their rents to be increased or themselves to be dispossessed of their lands — a pernicious practice,...