The History of British India, Том 1J. Madden, 1840 |
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... how- ever , some of the Puránas , and the chief portion of the Vedas , shall have been translated , it is not safe to speculate upon the scope and character of the primitive institutions of the Hindus , and for more recent PREFACE . V.
... how- ever , some of the Puránas , and the chief portion of the Vedas , shall have been translated , it is not safe to speculate upon the scope and character of the primitive institutions of the Hindus , and for more recent PREFACE . V.
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... translated , and to a few fragmentary no- tices snatched from oblivion by the industrious curi- osity of European orientalists . We have now a more trustworthy translation of Ferishta , and in the autobi- ography of Baber , and in other ...
... translated , and to a few fragmentary no- tices snatched from oblivion by the industrious curi- osity of European orientalists . We have now a more trustworthy translation of Ferishta , and in the autobi- ography of Baber , and in other ...
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... translations from the writings of the natives in the native tongues ; others were books on the re- ligion of the people of India ; books on their laws ; books on their sciences , manners , and arts , The transactions in India were not ...
... translations from the writings of the natives in the native tongues ; others were books on the re- ligion of the people of India ; books on their laws ; books on their sciences , manners , and arts , The transactions in India were not ...
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... translated into any of the languages with which he was acquainted . Tacitus , though he never was in Germany , and was certainly not acquainted with the language of our uncultivated ancestors , wrote the ex- quisite account of the ...
... translated into any of the languages with which he was acquainted . Tacitus , though he never was in Germany , and was certainly not acquainted with the language of our uncultivated ancestors , wrote the ex- quisite account of the ...
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... opinion of the Court of Directors , to whom the manuscript belong- ed , and under whose authority and direction , it was both translated and published . Strachey , distinguished both by his local experience , and XXX PREFACE .
... opinion of the Court of Directors , to whom the manuscript belong- ed , and under whose authority and direction , it was both translated and published . Strachey , distinguished both by his local experience , and XXX PREFACE .
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Страница 447 - ... then the sole self-existing power, himself undiscerned, but making this world discernible, with five elements and other principles of nature, appeared with undiminished glory, expanding his idea, or dispelling the gloom. He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person.
Страница 317 - In seven days from the present time, O thou tamer of enemies, the three worlds will be plunged in an ocean of death, but in the midst of the destroying waves, a large vessel, sent by me for thy use shall stand before thee.
Страница 286 - Under this simple form of municipal government, the inhabitants of the country have lived from time immemorial. The boundaries of the villages have been but seldom altered ; and though the villages themselves have been sometimes injured and even desolated by war, famine and disease, the same name, the same limits, the same interests and even the same families, have continued for ages. The inhabitants...
Страница 286 - The inhabitants give themselves no trouble about the breaking up and division of kingdoms. While the village remains entire, they care not to what power it is transferred, or to what sovereign it devolves. Its internal economy remains unchanged.
Страница 276 - Neque quisquam agri modum certum aut fines habet proprios ; sed magistratus ac principes in annos singulos gentibus cognationibusque hominum , qui una coierunt , quantum et quo loco visum est agri adtribuunt atque anno post alio transire cogunt.
Страница 346 - We must not be surprised," he says, " at finding, on a close examination, that the characters of all the Pagan deities, male and female, melt into each other and at last into one or two; for it seems a well-founded opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Rome, and modern Varanes [Benares] mean only the powers of nature, and principally those of the Sun, expressed in a variety of ways and by a multitude of fanciful names.
Страница 127 - England, which were a heap of nonsense, compiled by a few ignorant country gentlemen, who hardly knew how to make laws for the good government of their own private families, much less for the regulating of Companies and foreign commerce.
Страница 402 - BY a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure : 148.
Страница 480 - But if a good system of agriculture, unrivalled manufacturing skill, a capacity to produce whatever can contribute to either convenience or luxury, schools established in every village for teaching reading, writing and arithmetic, the general practice of hospitality and charity amongst each other, and, above all, a treatment of the female sex full of confidence, respect and delicacy, are among the signs which denote a civilized people — then the Hindus are not inferior to the nations of Europe;...