The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1834 |
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Side 20
... whole is kept scrupulously clean by the daily task - work of the convicts , who carefully weed the roads and remove every unsightly object . The society at Serampore is very limited ; the " appointments of the governor are by no means ...
... whole is kept scrupulously clean by the daily task - work of the convicts , who carefully weed the roads and remove every unsightly object . The society at Serampore is very limited ; the " appointments of the governor are by no means ...
Side 32
... whole of India . " Beyond that period , it is true , both national and foreign documents leave the historian in the deepest obscurity . But this gloom may not be altogether impenetrable to the light of philology and criticism . Thus ...
... whole of India . " Beyond that period , it is true , both national and foreign documents leave the historian in the deepest obscurity . But this gloom may not be altogether impenetrable to the light of philology and criticism . Thus ...
Side 35
... whole world would not suffice . But the entire north - eastern boundary is rendered impassable for an army by the highest mountain - range on the globe , the Himalaya chain ; and from that quarter , the invasion of an enemy is quite out ...
... whole world would not suffice . But the entire north - eastern boundary is rendered impassable for an army by the highest mountain - range on the globe , the Himalaya chain ; and from that quarter , the invasion of an enemy is quite out ...
Side 36
... whole boundary .. Its average breadth , from west to east , amounts to upwards of 300 miles , and it would oppose of itself very great obstacles to an invading army attemping to pass it , though these obstacles might not in themselves ...
... whole boundary .. Its average breadth , from west to east , amounts to upwards of 300 miles , and it would oppose of itself very great obstacles to an invading army attemping to pass it , though these obstacles might not in themselves ...
Side 39
... whole army , because it would be situated near the only road by which the retreat could be effected . This consideration will oblige him to lay siege to it . From the want of wood , it will rather be a blockade than a siege . If ...
... whole army , because it would be situated near the only road by which the retreat could be effected . This consideration will oblige him to lay siege to it . From the want of wood , it will rather be a blockade than a siege . If ...
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Side 238 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Side 237 - Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Side 166 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Side 237 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him...
Side 237 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Side 253 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Side 238 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you, and be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Side 152 - ... the Khas still insist that the fruit of commerce (marriage is out of the question) between their females and males of the sacred order shall be ranked as Kshatriyas, wear the thread, and assume the patronymic title.
Side 253 - ... it sometimes does very suddenly, the waters return with such rapidity to their wonted bed, that many lives are lost'. The depth here is five fathoms.
Side 134 - It is said, indeed, that three-fourths of the people of Bokhara are of slave extraction ; for of the captives brought from Persia into Toorkistan few are permitted to return, and, by all accounts, there are many who have no inclination to do so. A great portion of the people of Bokhara...