The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1841 |
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... thought likely we should very speedily have occasion to demolish ; the Mandarins were becom- ing more and more insolent , as their troops continued to muster in enormous numbers around them ; the restitution of Hong Kong had been ...
... thought likely we should very speedily have occasion to demolish ; the Mandarins were becom- ing more and more insolent , as their troops continued to muster in enormous numbers around them ; the restitution of Hong Kong had been ...
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... thought sufficient by our Government against the occupation of Herat by a Persian force . The minister told him he must then quit Herat , and after our envoy had for months submitted to every indignity short of personal violence , and ...
... thought sufficient by our Government against the occupation of Herat by a Persian force . The minister told him he must then quit Herat , and after our envoy had for months submitted to every indignity short of personal violence , and ...
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... thought to herself , who could have informed against her , and asked a woman who was in her confidence whether it was she . The woman protested by what is hidden and what is open , " that she had not betrayed her ; but informed her that ...
... thought to herself , who could have informed against her , and asked a woman who was in her confidence whether it was she . The woman protested by what is hidden and what is open , " that she had not betrayed her ; but informed her that ...
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... thought the parrot to itself , “ the deluge has come on - and such a one , as perhaps Noah never witnessed . So saying , he buried his head under his wings , a prey to terror . The husband , on his return , hastened to the parrot , to ...
... thought the parrot to itself , “ the deluge has come on - and such a one , as perhaps Noah never witnessed . So saying , he buried his head under his wings , a prey to terror . The husband , on his return , hastened to the parrot , to ...
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... thought of his family and relations , of what avail was it to grieve ? Having here abundance of provision , he quitted not the spot the whole year . He reserved a quantity of the fruit on the branches for the winter . In the meantime a ...
... thought of his family and relations , of what avail was it to grieve ? Having here abundance of provision , he quitted not the spot the whole year . He reserved a quantity of the fruit on the branches for the winter . In the meantime a ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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!
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.