The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 26Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1828 - Asia |
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... wished that he had favoured us with these proofs . The one he does give , a Greek letter to Augustus from an India prince , is any thing but satisfactory . The existence of such a letter rests on mere gossip . Nicolaus Damascenus told ...
... wished that he had favoured us with these proofs . The one he does give , a Greek letter to Augustus from an India prince , is any thing but satisfactory . The existence of such a letter rests on mere gossip . Nicolaus Damascenus told ...
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... wished to gain time by negociation , that he might effect a counter - revolution ; but the insurgent general entered at the head of his army , announced to the Sultan that the hope of the Mussulmans rested in Selim , and as he perceived ...
... wished to gain time by negociation , that he might effect a counter - revolution ; but the insurgent general entered at the head of his army , announced to the Sultan that the hope of the Mussulmans rested in Selim , and as he perceived ...
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... wished to see me on some important business ; that , if he thought it necessary to acquaint the Porte with the interview between my cousin and me , he might allege some family affair , or even insinuate to the ministry , that , in ...
... wished to see me on some important business ; that , if he thought it necessary to acquaint the Porte with the interview between my cousin and me , he might allege some family affair , or even insinuate to the ministry , that , in ...
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... wished to be destroyed ; with the latter he marked those who , in his opinion , deserved only exile . Every day the chief executioner brought him a list of prisoners ; he transmitted it to the Sultan , after making his distinctions in ...
... wished to be destroyed ; with the latter he marked those who , in his opinion , deserved only exile . Every day the chief executioner brought him a list of prisoners ; he transmitted it to the Sultan , after making his distinctions in ...
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... wished to perform the last duties to the hero's remains ; but the people insisted that they should be exposed during two days to public view , that every one might give to those remains the kiss of eternal gratitude . During the ...
... wished to perform the last duties to the hero's remains ; but the people insisted that they should be exposed during two days to public view , that every one might give to those remains the kiss of eternal gratitude . During the ...
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Page 524 - Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, And the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Page 320 - And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes each dreary pause between Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Page 320 - And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose, He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.
Page 504 - It is active, urgent, and variable ; attended with evil and misery. In air it predominates, wherefore wind moves transversely. In living beings it is the cause of vice. The third and lowest is darkness (tamas). It is heavy and obstructive ; attended with sorrow, dulness, and illusion. In earth and water it predominates, wherefore they fall or tend downwards. In living beings it is the cause of stolidity. These three qualities are not mere accidents of nature, but are of its essence and enter into...
Page 225 - That every Quaker or Moravian who shall be required to give evidence in any case whatsoever, criminal or civil, shall, instead of taking an oath in the usual form, be permitted to make his or her solemn affirmation or declaration in the words following; that is to say, " I AB do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm...
Page 445 - HIS MAJESTY having taken into consideration the said Report, and the Draft Charter accompanying it, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby ordered, that the...
Page 311 - Burmese subjects dying under the same circumstances, in any part of the British dominions, shall be made over to the minister or other authority delegated by His Burmese Majesty to the Supreme Government of India.
Page 486 - O Fire, let these women, with bodies anointed with clarified butter, eyes (coloured) with stibium, and void of tears, enter thee, the parent of water, that they may not be separated from their husbands, but may be in union with excellent husbands, be sinless, and jewels among women.'— Ri 1 There are 35,000,000 hairs on the human body.
Page 136 - Their fathers protect them in childhood ; their husbands protect them in youth ; their sons protect them in age : a woman is never fit for independence.
Page 180 - Upon which charges the court came to the following decision.