India, Ancient and Modern, Geographical, Historical, Political, Social, and Religious: With a Particular Account of the State and Prospects of Christianity |
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... reign amidst their eternal snows , fill the mind with admiration and astonishment which no language can express . " Simla on the south - west side of the Himalaya , Darjeling in Bengal , Abu in Gujerat , Khandalla and Mahabuleshwur on ...
... reign amidst their eternal snows , fill the mind with admiration and astonishment which no language can express . " Simla on the south - west side of the Himalaya , Darjeling in Bengal , Abu in Gujerat , Khandalla and Mahabuleshwur on ...
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... reign had 5,000 , which appears not improbable considering his great wealth and power . The changes which have taken place in the political state and government of the country , and in the tactics and instruments of war since the ...
... reign had 5,000 , which appears not improbable considering his great wealth and power . The changes which have taken place in the political state and government of the country , and in the tactics and instruments of war since the ...
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... of these pretended dynasties are all that is known of most of them . Indeed , even these names are perhaps as really fictitious as the duration of their reigns , which in some cases are said to 24 INDIA , ANCIENT AND MODERN .
... of these pretended dynasties are all that is known of most of them . Indeed , even these names are perhaps as really fictitious as the duration of their reigns , which in some cases are said to 24 INDIA , ANCIENT AND MODERN .
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... reigns , which in some cases are said to have exceeded 10,000 years . Fifty - seven kings of the Solar race are said to ... reign have been a fruitful sub- ject for the poets , but the most celebrated work is an epic poem by Valmeeki ...
... reigns , which in some cases are said to have exceeded 10,000 years . Fifty - seven kings of the Solar race are said to ... reign have been a fruitful sub- ject for the poets , but the most celebrated work is an epic poem by Valmeeki ...
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... reigns of the later Persian monarchs , the provinces on the Indus , or at least all to the east of the Indus , had recovered their inde- pendence . Alexander having subverted the Persian empire , directed his course towards India . Some ...
... reigns of the later Persian monarchs , the provinces on the Indus , or at least all to the east of the Indus , had recovered their inde- pendence . Alexander having subverted the Persian empire , directed his course towards India . Some ...
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Page 431 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all...
Page 606 - But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath : for he is the beginning of his strength ; the right of the firstborn is his.
Page 589 - Come forth out of thy royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ! put on the visible robes of thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which thy almighty Father hath bequeathed thee ; for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.
Page 589 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure •offering : for my name diatt be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 225 - For eighteen months without intermission this destruction raged from the gates of Madras to the gates of Tanjore ; and so completely did these masters in their art, Hyder Ali and his more ferocious son, absolve themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did, the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One...
Page 536 - Commission is the expediency of encouraging the formation of partnerships en commandite, as they exist on the continent of Europe, and in the United States of America...
Page 589 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 224 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 224 - He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those, against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Page 603 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy. 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.