Fosteriana, Consisting of Thoughts, Reflections, and Criticisms, of John FosterBohn, 1858 - 560 страници |
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... PERSIANS THE ROYAL AUDIENCE 159 159 161 • 163 163 • 164 • 166 167 169 171 • 173 176 • 177 178 178 179 180 181 182 183 183 184 PERSIAN NOTIONS OF AMERICA AND ENGLAND 186 DRAMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE DEATH OF HOSSEIN 186 THE PERSIAN ...
... PERSIANS THE ROYAL AUDIENCE 159 159 161 • 163 163 • 164 • 166 167 169 171 • 173 176 • 177 178 178 179 180 181 182 183 183 184 PERSIAN NOTIONS OF AMERICA AND ENGLAND 186 DRAMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE DEATH OF HOSSEIN 186 THE PERSIAN ...
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... Persia through that of the French ? And what is to prevent the more intelligent and learned part of the readers in the East from entertaining a similar senti- ment in the case in question ? Indeed they will not only know how very much ...
... Persia through that of the French ? And what is to prevent the more intelligent and learned part of the readers in the East from entertaining a similar senti- ment in the case in question ? Indeed they will not only know how very much ...
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... Persia , Armenia , and Asia Minor , to Con- stantinople , in the years 1808 and 1809 ; in which is included some Account of the Proceedings of his Majesty's Mission , under Sir Harford Jones , Bart . , K.C. , to the Court of the King of ...
... Persia , Armenia , and Asia Minor , to Con- stantinople , in the years 1808 and 1809 ; in which is included some Account of the Proceedings of his Majesty's Mission , under Sir Harford Jones , Bart . , K.C. , to the Court of the King of ...
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... PERSIAN EMBASSY . The embassy sailed from Bombay , in three vessels , on the 12th of September , 1808. They reached Bushire , in the Persian Gulf on the 14th of October , and heard , for the first time , a report , which had come from ...
... PERSIAN EMBASSY . The embassy sailed from Bombay , in three vessels , on the 12th of September , 1808. They reached Bushire , in the Persian Gulf on the 14th of October , and heard , for the first time , a report , which had come from ...
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... Persian mode , thus briefly described : - " A Persian visit , when the guest is a distinguished person- age , generally consists of three acts : first , the kaleoun , or water - pipe , and coffee ; second , a kaleoun , and sweet coffee ...
... Persian mode , thus briefly described : - " A Persian visit , when the guest is a distinguished person- age , generally consists of three acts : first , the kaleoun , or water - pipe , and coffee ; second , a kaleoun , and sweet coffee ...
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Страница 341 - ... the furious animal sprang up, and ran open-mouthed upon them ; as he came near, the two hunters who had reserved their fire, gave him two wounds, one of which breaking his shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment; but before they could reload, he was so near that they were obliged to run to the river, and before they...
Страница 240 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Страница 142 - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forward.
Страница 343 - This spray is dissipated into a thousand shapes, sometimes flying up in columns of fifteen or twenty feet, which are then oppressed by larger masses of the white foam, on all which the sun impresses the brightest colors of the rainbow.
Страница 138 - In sight of Juggernaut; 12th June. " Many thousands of pilgrims have accompanied us for some days past. They cover the road before and behind as far as the eye can reach. At nine o'clock this morning, the temple of Juggernaut appeared in' view at a great distance. When the multitude first saw it, they gave a shout, and fell to the ground and worshipped. I have heard nothing to-day but shouts and acclamations by the successive bodies of pilgrims. From the place where I...
Страница 405 - I have seen them often," added he, "standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Страница 137 - We know that we are approaching Juggernaut (and yet we are more than fifty miles from it) by the human bones which we have seen for some days strewed by the way.
Страница 145 - Close to Ishera, a beautiful villa on the river's side, about eight miles from Calcutta, once the residence of Governor Hastings, and within view of the present Governor-General's country-house, there is a temple of this idol which is often stained with. human blood.
Страница 143 - I beheld another distressing scene this morning at the Place of Skulls; a poor woman lying dead, or nearly dead, and her two children by her, looking at the dogs and vultures, which were near. The people passed by without noticing the children. I asked them where was their home. They said ' they had no home but where their mother was.
Страница 192 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.