The Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Review, and Register, Part 76, Volume 1Thacker and Company, 1824 - British |
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... regard- ing Phulthamba and Pyetun as the ancient Pluthana and Pai- thana ; but argues , that Tagara is stated to lie to the eastward of Pluthana , whilst Deogur is due north of Pyetun , which is south east of Phulthamba . It is not ...
... regard- ing Phulthamba and Pyetun as the ancient Pluthana and Pai- thana ; but argues , that Tagara is stated to lie to the eastward of Pluthana , whilst Deogur is due north of Pyetun , which is south east of Phulthamba . It is not ...
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... regard it as intermediate . The simplest Persian character has been , it is imagined , entirely decypher- ed , and the other partially . They have nothing in common , as equal base lines , wedges , or angles , for the formation of a ...
... regard it as intermediate . The simplest Persian character has been , it is imagined , entirely decypher- ed , and the other partially . They have nothing in common , as equal base lines , wedges , or angles , for the formation of a ...
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... regard to all other arts and sciences , it is most probable that , so far from being able to instruct either the Persians or Indians , they might have derived from them much more information , than they could possibly commu- nicate ...
... regard to all other arts and sciences , it is most probable that , so far from being able to instruct either the Persians or Indians , they might have derived from them much more information , than they could possibly commu- nicate ...
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... regard for his own security , if not his own interest , render him a very valuable testimo- ny ; and we may credit the aggressions on the Mohammedan system , made by Akber and his followers , as he details them , and may also conclude ...
... regard for his own security , if not his own interest , render him a very valuable testimo- ny ; and we may credit the aggressions on the Mohammedan system , made by Akber and his followers , as he details them , and may also conclude ...
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... regard to the means of perpetuating it , in as far as the spoliation of the countries affording it was provided against . As the sums , which they exacted , were rather lost to the treasury at Delhi , than to the country , or its ...
... regard to the means of perpetuating it , in as far as the spoliation of the countries affording it was provided against . As the sums , which they exacted , were rather lost to the treasury at Delhi , than to the country , or its ...
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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.