Illustrations to Oriental Memoirs, Volume 2Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1834 - India |
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... Bombay - Excursion to the Islands of Salsette and Elephanta CHAPTER XIII . · 1 360 Journey of Sir Charles Malet and Mr. Crusoe from Surat to Calcutta -Arrival at Oojen - Shah - Jehan Poor - Sarungpoor - Koojneer -Rajeghur - Sterile and ...
... Bombay - Excursion to the Islands of Salsette and Elephanta CHAPTER XIII . · 1 360 Journey of Sir Charles Malet and Mr. Crusoe from Surat to Calcutta -Arrival at Oojen - Shah - Jehan Poor - Sarungpoor - Koojneer -Rajeghur - Sterile and ...
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... Bombay . : I was delighted with the simplicity of this mode of proceeding . From having been an alderman and sheriff at Bombay , and for some years worn the black gown as a pleader in the courts of justice at that pre- sidency , I was ...
... Bombay . : I was delighted with the simplicity of this mode of proceeding . From having been an alderman and sheriff at Bombay , and for some years worn the black gown as a pleader in the courts of justice at that pre- sidency , I was ...
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... liberate the centinel . Having acted faithfully in his trust , his life ought to have been spared . I have mentioned the power of musi over the dancing - snakes at Bombay , 22 SNAKE CHARMERS . and the fatal accident which ensued.
... liberate the centinel . Having acted faithfully in his trust , his life ought to have been spared . I have mentioned the power of musi over the dancing - snakes at Bombay , 22 SNAKE CHARMERS . and the fatal accident which ensued.
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... I had generally large commissions annually to purchase cotton at Ba- roche for the Bombay merchants , to be sent from thence to Bengal and China . For this purpose the FRAUDS . 65 English gentlemen at Baroche made their contracts.
... I had generally large commissions annually to purchase cotton at Ba- roche for the Bombay merchants , to be sent from thence to Bengal and China . For this purpose the FRAUDS . 65 English gentlemen at Baroche made their contracts.
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... Bombay establishment , he wished me to explain the nature of the British governments in India , particularly in what manner the other Presidencies were subordinate to the Governor General of Bengal . Having endeavoured 70 MR . HASTINGS ...
... Bombay establishment , he wished me to explain the nature of the British governments in India , particularly in what manner the other Presidencies were subordinate to the Governor General of Bengal . Having endeavoured 70 MR . HASTINGS ...
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Page 99 - The Sanscrit 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 three without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists.
Page 415 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 199 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Page 274 - That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Page 418 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.
Page 418 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 164 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Page 15 - And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
Page 200 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 415 - He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.