The History of British India, Том 1J. Madden, 1840 |
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... important historical requisite , of the want of which his pages present many striking examples . It enables the historian to judge of the real value of that evidence to which he must have recourse for matters that are beyond the sphere ...
... important historical requisite , of the want of which his pages present many striking examples . It enables the historian to judge of the real value of that evidence to which he must have recourse for matters that are beyond the sphere ...
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... important accessions have been acquired in both these respects since the publication of the history of British India , but many more remain to be supplied , before it can be asserted with truth , that every important point in the ...
... important accessions have been acquired in both these respects since the publication of the history of British India , but many more remain to be supplied , before it can be asserted with truth , that every important point in the ...
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... important point in the Mohammedan history of India . From these remarks it will be apparent , that with regard to the facts of his history , the sources of his information were more scanty and less pure than the historian suspected ...
... important point in the Mohammedan history of India . From these remarks it will be apparent , that with regard to the facts of his history , the sources of his information were more scanty and less pure than the historian suspected ...
Стр. ix
... important particulars , to have en- gaged in preparing a new edition of it for the pub- lic ; but , notwithstanding ... importance of that connexion is never lost sight of , and in describing the steps by which it was formed , or ...
... important particulars , to have en- gaged in preparing a new edition of it for the pub- lic ; but , notwithstanding ... importance of that connexion is never lost sight of , and in describing the steps by which it was formed , or ...
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... important service , and in so doing were not altogether free from blame , neither should I be exempt from the same condemnation , if I omitted what depended upon me , to facilitate and abridge to others the labour of acquiring a know ...
... important service , and in so doing were not altogether free from blame , neither should I be exempt from the same condemnation , if I omitted what depended upon me , to facilitate and abridge to others the labour of acquiring a know ...
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Стр. 214 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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;...