A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 |
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... priests , hath ever been made the channel of conveying to the Hindoos , the ef- sential tenets of their religion , with all the various forms of their worship . The Sanscrit is a sonorous language , abounding in pith and conciseness ...
... priests , hath ever been made the channel of conveying to the Hindoos , the ef- sential tenets of their religion , with all the various forms of their worship . The Sanscrit is a sonorous language , abounding in pith and conciseness ...
Page 34
... priests of the Hindoos had found it expedient , for the firmer establishment of their fway over the minds of the people , to raise a huge fuperftucture of emblematical wor- ship , the temples erected to the Supreme Being were plain ...
... priests of the Hindoos had found it expedient , for the firmer establishment of their fway over the minds of the people , to raise a huge fuperftucture of emblematical wor- ship , the temples erected to the Supreme Being were plain ...
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... priests , who profeffed the tenets of Menes , their first law - giver , ( whom they had deified and entitled , Ofiris , or the fun ) , faid that fire , or rather , a refined spirit , which they distinguished from the elemental fire ...
... priests , who profeffed the tenets of Menes , their first law - giver , ( whom they had deified and entitled , Ofiris , or the fun ) , faid that fire , or rather , a refined spirit , which they distinguished from the elemental fire ...
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... priest . The oftenfible want of atten- tion to the memory of Brimha , may on a more abstracted ground be ascribed to an opinion , that the powers of procreation having been primarily fet in action , and operating by a law impulfive ...
... priest . The oftenfible want of atten- tion to the memory of Brimha , may on a more abstracted ground be ascribed to an opinion , that the powers of procreation having been primarily fet in action , and operating by a law impulfive ...
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... priest is left at liberty to explain the original doctrine in the manner that may most forcibly confolidate the power and promote the interest of his order . In the tranfmigra- tion of the foul into different bodies , confifts the ...
... priest is left at liberty to explain the original doctrine in the manner that may most forcibly confolidate the power and promote the interest of his order . In the tranfmigra- tion of the foul into different bodies , confifts the ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip