The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1841 |
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... a distance of five hundred miles . His spirits drooped under the vivid sense of his desolation and distress . * Whewell ; Astronomy and General Physics , 247 . Still , his confidence in the providence of God had 26 Slight Circumstances .
... a distance of five hundred miles . His spirits drooped under the vivid sense of his desolation and distress . * Whewell ; Astronomy and General Physics , 247 . Still , his confidence in the providence of God had 26 Slight Circumstances .
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... miles distance . One morning , Fusbos order- ed the artillery men , about thirty , to attend parade along with the regi ment ; accordingly , in due course , they mustered , and took up their place on the right of the line . Fusbos ...
... miles distance . One morning , Fusbos order- ed the artillery men , about thirty , to attend parade along with the regi ment ; accordingly , in due course , they mustered , and took up their place on the right of the line . Fusbos ...
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... miles , each turn gave us peeps of the rich and luxuriant scenery of this part of Bengal . Gar- dens of plantain , mango , and jack trees lined the banks , intermixed with clumps of the tapering bamboo ; clusters of neat huts , with ...
... miles , each turn gave us peeps of the rich and luxuriant scenery of this part of Bengal . Gar- dens of plantain , mango , and jack trees lined the banks , intermixed with clumps of the tapering bamboo ; clusters of neat huts , with ...
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... miles across the delta of the Ganges , and through a considerable part of which our route lay . The vicinity of this wild tract was indicated by the gradual termination of the cultivated country , and the commencement of the half ...
... miles across the delta of the Ganges , and through a considerable part of which our route lay . The vicinity of this wild tract was indicated by the gradual termination of the cultivated country , and the commencement of the half ...
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... miles more brought us again into the cleared and cultivated country . Our eyes once more rested with pleasure upon the green rice - fields , the patch of sugar - cane , the cluster of coco - nuts , and the busy haunts of men . Well , Mr ...
... miles more brought us again into the cleared and cultivated country . Our eyes once more rested with pleasure upon the green rice - fields , the patch of sugar - cane , the cluster of coco - nuts , and the busy haunts of men . Well , Mr ...
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الصفحة 221 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves ; No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suflereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm ; howbeit, they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly.
الصفحة 221 - Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly : but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
الصفحة 27 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not!
الصفحة 87 - They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds revolution; but the village community remains the same. This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the...
الصفحة 87 - The Village Communities are little Republics, having nearly everything they can want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindoo, Patan, Mogul, Mahratta, Sikh, English, are all masters in turn; but the Village Communities remain the same.
الصفحة 87 - ... pass unprovoked. If plunder and devastation be directed against themselves, and the force employed be irresistible, they flee to friendly villages at a distance ; but when the storm has passed over, they return and resume their occupations.
الصفحة 101 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
الصفحة 20 - Cleopatra had been shorter, said Pascal in his epigrammatic and brilliant manner, the condition of the world would have been different. The Mohamedans have a tradition, that when their Prophet concealed himself in Mount Shur, his pursuers were deceived by a spider's web, which covered the mouth of the cave...
الصفحة 81 - Hindostan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts. Will a ten years' lease induce any proprietor to clear away that jungle, and encourage the ryots...
الصفحة 233 - I would then make it my principal aim to communicate through the means of the English language, a complete education in European Literature, Philosophy and Science to the greatest number of students who may be found ready to accept it at our hands, and for whose instructions our funds will admit of our providing.