Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. Between the Years 1821 and 1829, Том 3Crocker and Brewster, 1832 |
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... Hindoo Corpse - A Yogee or Hindoo Saint - A Funeral by Water - Be- nares - Allahabad - Voluntary Drownings - Baboon - worship- Subterranean Temple - Barbers and Bathers - Superb Mahom- medan Procession - Privileged Monkeys - Native ...
... Hindoo Corpse - A Yogee or Hindoo Saint - A Funeral by Water - Be- nares - Allahabad - Voluntary Drownings - Baboon - worship- Subterranean Temple - Barbers and Bathers - Superb Mahom- medan Procession - Privileged Monkeys - Native ...
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... Hindoo and Mahommedan Oaths - Indifference of Criminals to the Sentences passed on them - Infanticide - A great Piece of Ordnance - The Adjutant - crane - Festival of Doorga - The Bull - gcd - Tongue- boring - Worship of a black Stone ...
... Hindoo and Mahommedan Oaths - Indifference of Criminals to the Sentences passed on them - Infanticide - A great Piece of Ordnance - The Adjutant - crane - Festival of Doorga - The Bull - gcd - Tongue- boring - Worship of a black Stone ...
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... out of black lava , with considerable dexterity of hand . These are of great antiquity , and evidently of Hindoo origin and workmanship , being representations of certain divinities • 20 HOSPITALITY OF THE GOVERNOR . of that people.
... out of black lava , with considerable dexterity of hand . These are of great antiquity , and evidently of Hindoo origin and workmanship , being representations of certain divinities • 20 HOSPITALITY OF THE GOVERNOR . of that people.
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... Hindoo and Budhu images . We wished to purchase one or two , but he said , " No ; you may look at them if you please , but I must not sell any . " When we had taken one or another up to exam- ine their material and workmanship , as soon ...
... Hindoo and Budhu images . We wished to purchase one or two , but he said , " No ; you may look at them if you please , but I must not sell any . " When we had taken one or another up to exam- ine their material and workmanship , as soon ...
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... Hindoo , for the first time , caught our attention ; —a human carcass floating down the current , with ravenous vultures standing upon it , and tearing the flesh from the bones , which were already half stripped , the ribs on one side ...
... Hindoo , for the first time , caught our attention ; —a human carcass floating down the current , with ravenous vultures standing upon it , and tearing the flesh from the bones , which were already half stripped , the ribs on one side ...
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afterwards Allahabad appearance arrived attend bamboo Batavia beautiful Belgaum Bellary Benares boat body boys Brahmins building Calcutta called Canton chapel Chinese Chinsurah Christian church cloth consisting corpse Cuddapah deputation distance Doorga eight elephant English European exceedingly eyes feet female festival five four friends Ganges girls gospel ground hands head hills Hindoo hundred idol inches inhabitants island kind king labors land language length Lord's day Madagascar Madras Mahommedan Malacca Malays Mauritius miles missionary MISSIONS IN SOUTH morning multitudes Nagercoil native nearly neighborhood ornaments pagodas palace palanquins persons pious population Port Louis Portuguese present principal Quilon Radama reached received residence rice river roof rupees sacred schools Scriptures seen Serampore side Society SOUTH INDIA stands station streets Tamil language temple thing thousand tion town Travancore Trawin trees twenty Tyerman vessel village Vizagapatam whole worship
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Стр. 168 - His eyes appeared inflamed : he bowed before the serpent, then prostrated himself, afterwards respectfully touched his head, looked fixedly upon the serpent, prostrated himself again, then touched it, and rushed out, as if in a paroxysm of delight at the thought of having worshipped this thing ! When he got out of the temple, he walked all round, within the verandah, and, having once more bowed at the door of the temple, he departed with a hurried step. We cannot conceive of any human being having...
Стр. 247 - the dark places of *« the earth are full of the habitations of
Стр. 44 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Стр. 40 - Ruler in and over the conscience ; for to this end Christ died, rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living...
Стр. 291 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yet, though I cannot be beloved. Still let me love! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone ; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone!
Стр. 210 - The face of the country around is well-wooded, slightly undulated, and rich in well-watered paddy-grounds. The lofty, abrupt, and picturesque ghauts are seen to the eastward, extending to the north and south as far as the eye can reach. The scenery is highly romantic and beautiful. The vicinity of Nagercoil is very populous. The inhabitants are Brahmins, goldsmiths, shopkeepers, weavers, carpenters, sharnars (or the climbers of the palmyra-trees), &c.
Стр. 71 - ... which a brilliant angular ornament hung over her forehead and between her eye-brows. She stood in a modest and graceful attitude, having her eyes fixed on the floor, though she occasionally raised them, with a glance of timid curiosity, towards the spectators. Her hands...
Стр. 34 - ... and another company made their appearance, dressed like the former. When they were all seated, an old woman entered, and laid down at the feet of each, an instrument resembling a bow, with an arrow on the string, about two feet long, lacquered red and decorated with gold. The dancers soon afterwards rose and went through all the evolutions of the others, holding these bows in their hands, which added exceedingly to the beauty and picturesque effect of their groups and attitudes.
Стр. 42 - Others were playing upon small musical instruments ; while a crowd of careless fellows, having nothing to do as far as we could discern, stood by them within the sacred erection. Two large flambeaux, and some sticks of incense, were burning on the table before the high-priest. On a smaller stage, about ten yards opposite to these, in the middle of the court, a slaughtered hog, shaved and gutted, was fixed upright upon a tressel, and by it a goat. Five yards beyond this, another platform, eight feet...
Стр. iii - Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, Even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.