The Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Review, and Register, Part 76, Volume 1Thacker and Company, 1824 - British |
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... . They believe that there is a God , but affirm that he can be known only by such , as become absorbed in his essence that therefore a person knowing God ceases to possess identity : that 8 [ MARCH Oriental Literature ..
... . They believe that there is a God , but affirm that he can be known only by such , as become absorbed in his essence that therefore a person knowing God ceases to possess identity : that 8 [ MARCH Oriental Literature ..
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a person knowing God ceases to possess identity : that hence it is absurd for a human being to pretend to know him ; the moment you dis- cover him , your identity ceases . They deny that God was ever incar- nated , and , like the ...
a person knowing God ceases to possess identity : that hence it is absurd for a human being to pretend to know him ; the moment you dis- cover him , your identity ceases . They deny that God was ever incar- nated , and , like the ...
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... person can maintain the superior antiquity of the Bauddha form of religion , after reading the remarks of Mr. Colebrooke on this subject , ( A. R. vol . ix . ) which Mr. E. justly characterizes as the most rational , as well as learned ...
... person can maintain the superior antiquity of the Bauddha form of religion , after reading the remarks of Mr. Colebrooke on this subject , ( A. R. vol . ix . ) which Mr. E. justly characterizes as the most rational , as well as learned ...
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... person's becoming a Jina , or super - human teach- er . We have , therefore , still to look for the real purport of this appearance ; observing , by the way , that it is very different from that of the woolly head of the negro . We ...
... person's becoming a Jina , or super - human teach- er . We have , therefore , still to look for the real purport of this appearance ; observing , by the way , that it is very different from that of the woolly head of the negro . We ...
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... persons and places are wholly dis- tinct . It was natural enough for the Greeks to suppose , that the great king extended his dominions to India ; and in some periods of the Persian power , this may have been the case : but there is ...
... persons and places are wholly dis- tinct . It was natural enough for the Greeks to suppose , that the great king extended his dominions to India ; and in some periods of the Persian power , this may have been the case : but there is ...
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Page xx - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid ! 2 Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him in slumber feclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
Page xx - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 115 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
Page lxxxiii - The Lord of Love, on Calvary, A meek and suffering stranger, Upraised to Heaven His languid eye, In nature's hour of danger. For us He bore the weight of woe, For us He gave His blood to flow, And met His Father's anger.
Page lxxxiii - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page liii - For scandalous and infamous conduct, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in the following instances : — " For having at Bangalore, on the 20th day of August 1830, wantonly, and without provocation, struck Ens.
Page cv - His care alone who feeds the ravens, and who never, or most rarely, suffers the seed of the righteous to beg their bread. Nor are the qualifications which he will need, nor the duties which will be imposed...
Page 117 - Alia Bhye, when she found all dissuasion unavailing, determined to witness the last dreadful scene. She walked in the procession, and stood near the pile, where she was supported by two Brahmins, who held her arms. Although obviously suffering great agony of mind, she remained tolerably firm...
Page liii - Such conduct being insubordinate, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, and in breach of the articles of war. Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision :—
Page cvi - ... the favour of his superiors, the friendship of his equals, and affection strong as death from those whose wanderings he corrects, whose distresses he consoles, and by whose sick and dying bed he stands as a ministering angel. Are further inducements needful ? I yet can promise more.