Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, Part 37Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819 - India |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 5
... inches of the angle formed by the junction of another wall of nearly equal thickness ; the room itself spacious and lofty . They can- not at any time have been raised by the action of the sun upon them ; the walls prevent such an effect ...
... inches of the angle formed by the junction of another wall of nearly equal thickness ; the room itself spacious and lofty . They can- not at any time have been raised by the action of the sun upon them ; the walls prevent such an effect ...
Page 124
... inches thick . The wall before mentioned is of solid masonry , the bricks being furnace - baked , of a yellowish white colour , and cemented with a thin layer of coarse lime and sand , but no reeds or bitu- men were to be found in any ...
... inches thick . The wall before mentioned is of solid masonry , the bricks being furnace - baked , of a yellowish white colour , and cemented with a thin layer of coarse lime and sand , but no reeds or bitu- men were to be found in any ...
Page 126
... inches thick , and built entirely of the finest kind of furnace - baked yellowish bricks , and a very thin lime and sand cement . There was not the most distant reason to imagine that reeds and bitumen had been used in the construction ...
... inches thick , and built entirely of the finest kind of furnace - baked yellowish bricks , and a very thin lime and sand cement . There was not the most distant reason to imagine that reeds and bitumen had been used in the construction ...
Page 134
... inches seven - tenths thick , seventeen inches and a half broad ; furnace - baked , three inches thick , twelve inches broad , and gene- rally weighed thirty - one pounds . The Euphrates as far as Korna , which is one hundred and twenty ...
... inches seven - tenths thick , seventeen inches and a half broad ; furnace - baked , three inches thick , twelve inches broad , and gene- rally weighed thirty - one pounds . The Euphrates as far as Korna , which is one hundred and twenty ...
Page 136
... inches broad , made of reeds and covered with bitumen . * Texeira was told it was thirty feet deep at Musseeb , twenty miles above Babylon . Rennell's Geog . of Herod . p . 373 . The breadth of the Euphrates at Hillah is variously ...
... inches broad , made of reeds and covered with bitumen . * Texeira was told it was thirty feet deep at Musseeb , twenty miles above Babylon . Rennell's Geog . of Herod . p . 373 . The breadth of the Euphrates at Hillah is variously ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient appears arms Babylon Barsisa body Bombay Boudha Brahmins Bramha Bunjaras caliphs called Captain cave Chap Chapaneer Charon chief death Deccan Deity district divine earth elephant Elephanta entrance Euphrates excavation faith feet female figure four Gipsies give grain ground-plan gulf of Kutch Guzerat hand head height Herodotus Hillah Hindoos Hindoostanee Hindû holy honour human hundred Husneah Ibrahim inches India infidels inhabitants island Kattee Kattiwar knowledge Koran Kutch language learned Lord Mahomed Mahomedan manner Marwar means miles mound Mussulman Naig natives nature object observed ornaments Parsees Parvati Persian person pillars possess present principles probably Prophet province racter Rahtores Rajpoot religion remarkable respect river rupees Sanscrit sect seems Sheeahs Shiva Shrawuk side Sir James Mackintosh Society soul stone Sûfis supposed temple thee thing thou tion tribe vahana vide village Vishnû whole words worship
Popular passages
Page 91 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 122 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Page 106 - Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the house-top, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away : and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life. shall preserve it.
Page xxii - It has been lately observed, that " if the various states of Europe kept and published annually an exact account of their population, noting carefully in a second column the exact age at which the children die, this second column would show the relative merit of the Governments and the comparative happiness of their subjects. A simple arithmetical statement would then, perhaps, be more conclusive than all the arguments which could be produced.
Page 123 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts ; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Page 2 - Majesty's head, and had certainly despatched him if a large brass lamp which was burning over his head had not marred the blow; but, before he could make another, he was killed by the guards; and, I believe, the same Samorin reigns yet. I chanced to come that time along the coast and heard the guns for two or three days and nights successively.
Page xiv - ... variety of his accomplishments. In his easy and flowing prose we justly admire that order of exposition and transparency of language which are the most indispensable qualities of style, and the chief excellencies of which it is capable when it is employed solely to instruct. His writings...
Page 209 - ... a beautiful prospect of the northern part of the island, and the opposite shores of Salsette. " Advancing forward and keeping to the left along the bend of the hill, we gradually mount to an open space, and come suddenly on the grand entrance of a magnificent temple, whose huge massy columns seem to give support to the whole mountain which rises above it.
Page 199 - ... taught in public a religion, in which, in supposed compliance with the infirmities and passions of human nature, the Deity has been brought more to a level with our own prejudices and wants ; and...
Page xiv - It is not for me to attempt an estimate of those exertions for the advancement of knowledge which have arisen from the example and exhortations of Sir William Jones. In all...