The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated ... at Elora, in the East Indies ...G. B. Whittaker, 1825 - Всего страниц: 597 |
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... period , take an interest in Indian affairs . " - Public Ledger . " In Captain Seely's book we find the State of Society in India very ably discussed . Indeed , the captain is most successful while demonstrating the effects which would ...
... period , take an interest in Indian affairs . " - Public Ledger . " In Captain Seely's book we find the State of Society in India very ably discussed . Indeed , the captain is most successful while demonstrating the effects which would ...
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... period of time ; secondly , a long and dreary journey before me , through the Mahratta country , of nearly three hundred miles ; and lastly , in writing an account of my peregrinations . The latter was the most formidable of the three ...
... period of time ; secondly , a long and dreary journey before me , through the Mahratta country , of nearly three hundred miles ; and lastly , in writing an account of my peregrinations . The latter was the most formidable of the three ...
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... period of time ; secondly , a long and dreary journey be- fore me , through the Mahratta country , of nearly three hundred miles ; and lastly , in writing an account of my peregrinations . The latter was the most formidable of the three ...
... period of time ; secondly , a long and dreary journey be- fore me , through the Mahratta country , of nearly three hundred miles ; and lastly , in writing an account of my peregrinations . The latter was the most formidable of the three ...
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... period alluded to we were stationed on a pleasant little island called Versovah , or Isle de Mer , fourteen miles from Bombay . We had every amusement and comfort that men could require : an excellent mess , good houses , a number of ...
... period alluded to we were stationed on a pleasant little island called Versovah , or Isle de Mer , fourteen miles from Bombay . We had every amusement and comfort that men could require : an excellent mess , good houses , a number of ...
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... terests , and whose wisdom and talents have been * The Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone , well known to the literary world by his History of Cabool . tried and appreciated in the most critical periods in India 10 A JOURNEY TO THE.
... terests , and whose wisdom and talents have been * The Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone , well known to the literary world by his History of Cabool . tried and appreciated in the most critical periods in India 10 A JOURNEY TO THE.
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Стр. 462 - Lord, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways. For lo, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.
Стр. 21 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Стр. 335 - He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
Стр. 243 - Distinctions of colours are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence* In your temples, to his name, the voice is raised in prayer; in a house of images where the bell is shaken, still he is the object of adoration.
Стр. 591 - The instant which has passed in power hath left only sorrow behind it. I have not been the guardian and protector of the empire. My valuable time has been passed vainly. I had a patron in my own dwelling (conscience), but his glorious light was unseen by my dim sight. Life is not lasting ; there is no vestige of departed breath, and all hopes from futurity are lost. The fever has left me ; but nothing remains of me but skin and bone.
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Стр. 15 - With song and prospect, which abound From birds, and woods, and waters round. But when the sun, with noon-tide ray, Flames forth intolerable day; While heat sits fervent on the plain, With thirst and languor in his train : All nature...