Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Volume 3Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1817 - Asia Contains "verbatim reports of Debates at the East-India house, taken in shorthand for these pages". -- cf. v. 1, p. iii. |
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... Master General ; and , on the removal of Lord Melville to the Admiralty , he obtained the high distinction of President of the Board of Com- missioners for the Affairs of India . The extraordinary zeal and un- wearied activity displayed ...
... Master General ; and , on the removal of Lord Melville to the Admiralty , he obtained the high distinction of President of the Board of Com- missioners for the Affairs of India . The extraordinary zeal and un- wearied activity displayed ...
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... masters . It is intended , that under the direction of the proper au- thorities , these should hereafter be placed as schoolmasters at the dif- ferent stations , under European superintendance . The number of these youths has , from ...
... masters . It is intended , that under the direction of the proper au- thorities , these should hereafter be placed as schoolmasters at the dif- ferent stations , under European superintendance . The number of these youths has , from ...
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... Master of a Chinese junk , to whom he was indebted about 8000 dollars , and the assassination of Captain Sadler , to whom he was indebted 30,000 dollars . They added that they expected his bad conduct would speedily place them in the ...
... Master of a Chinese junk , to whom he was indebted about 8000 dollars , and the assassination of Captain Sadler , to whom he was indebted 30,000 dollars . They added that they expected his bad conduct would speedily place them in the ...
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... master's name , was commissioned to engage him under the most awful imprecations to the ful- filment of his protestations . Gainprejas and the king of Patan perceived the spreading corruption , and withdrew to Bhatgan . For some months ...
... master's name , was commissioned to engage him under the most awful imprecations to the ful- filment of his protestations . Gainprejas and the king of Patan perceived the spreading corruption , and withdrew to Bhatgan . For some months ...
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... master the Cacheff expected a present , and hinted that one of our swords would be acceptable . We said we intend- ed to have offered him a watch , but that we were unwilling to part with our arms , as they were absolutely necessary to ...
... master the Cacheff expected a present , and hinted that one of our swords would be acceptable . We said we intend- ed to have offered him a watch , but that we were unwilling to part with our arms , as they were absolutely necessary to ...
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Page 316 - ... asked him why he did not worship the God of heaven? The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other God ; at which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry, that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition. "When the old man was gone, God called to him, and asked him where the stranger was ; he replied, ' I thrust him away because he did not worship thee...
Page 434 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Page 406 - England has erected no churches, no hospitals, no palaces, no schools ; England has built no bridges, made no high roads, cut no navigations, dug out no reservoirs. Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument, either of state or beneficence, behind him. Were we to be driven out of India this day, nothing would remain to tell that it had been possessed, during the inglorious period of our dominion, by any thing better than the ourang-outang or the tiger.
Page 550 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 235 - ... what that was: he accordingly pronounced aloud the name of the king, upon which Finow snatched the paper from his hand, and, with astonishment, looked at it, turned it round, and examined it in all directions: at length he exclaimed, "This is neither like myself nor any body else! where are my legs? how do you know it to be I?
Page 281 - I am to acquaint you, that his royal highness the prince regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, to approve and confirm the finding -and sentence of the court.
Page 279 - Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have directed the estimates of the current year to be laid before you. They have been formed upon a full consideration of all the present...
Page 316 - God answered him, I have suffered him these hundred years, although he dishonoured me; and couldst not thou endure him one night, when he gave thee no trouble ? Upon this, saith the story, Abraham fetched him back again, and gave him hospitable entertainment and wise instruction." Go thou, and do likewise, and thy charity will be rewarded by the God of Abraham.
Page 234 - ... universal trembling, the perspiration breaks out on his forehead, and his lips turning black are convulsed; at length tears start in floods from his eyes, his breast heaves with great emotion, and his utterance is choked. These symptoms gradually subside. Before this paroxysm comes on, and after it is over, he often eats as much as four hungry men under other circumstances could devour.
Page 275 - A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial Interests of Ceylon. With an Appendix ; containing some of the principal Laws and Usages of the Candians ; Port and Custom-house Regulations ; Tables of Exports and Imports, Public Revenue and Expenditure, &c.