The History of British India, Volumen1Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820 |
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... commonly imbedded in a large mass of what was trifling and insignificant ; and of a body of statements , given indiscriminately as matters of fact , VOL . 1 . b ascertained by the senses , the far greater part was BOOK Preface.
... commonly imbedded in a large mass of what was trifling and insignificant ; and of a body of statements , given indiscriminately as matters of fact , VOL . 1 . b ascertained by the senses , the far greater part was BOOK Preface.
Página iii
... given birth . Those affairs had been the subject of much discussion by the press , and of many legislative , executive , and even judicial proceedings , in England . Those discussions and proceedings would form of course an essential ...
... given birth . Those affairs had been the subject of much discussion by the press , and of many legislative , executive , and even judicial proceedings , in England . Those discussions and proceedings would form of course an essential ...
Página iv
... given as testified by the senses , but which , in truth , were nothing but mat- ters of opinion , confounded with matters of fact , and mistaken for them , in the minds of the reporters themselves.2 Il y avoit plus de choses la dessus ...
... given as testified by the senses , but which , in truth , were nothing but mat- ters of opinion , confounded with matters of fact , and mistaken for them , in the minds of the reporters themselves.2 Il y avoit plus de choses la dessus ...
Página v
... given it unusual efficacy in the minds of those of our countrymen by whom India has been surveyed . 1 The idea of a critical history is not very old . The first man who seems to have had a distinct conception of it , says , " Je ...
... given it unusual efficacy in the minds of those of our countrymen by whom India has been surveyed . 1 The idea of a critical history is not very old . The first man who seems to have had a distinct conception of it , says , " Je ...
Página vi
... given by the historian , as things really done , really said , or really thought . The se- cond is , the matter of evidence , the matter by which the reality of the saying , the doing , or thinking , is ascertained . In regard to ...
... given by the historian , as things really done , really said , or really thought . The se- cond is , the matter of evidence , the matter by which the reality of the saying , the doing , or thinking , is ascertained . In regard to ...
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Página 108 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care as much as our trade ; 'tis that must maintain our force when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade; 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
Página 425 - ... 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.
Página 164 - Brahmin springs to light, he is borne above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned to guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil.
Página 21 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Página 266 - A village, geographically considered, is a tract of country comprising some hundred or thousand acres of arable and waste lands: politically viewed it resembles a corporation or township. Its proper establishment of officers and servants consists of the following descriptions: the potail, or head inhabitant, who has...
Página 425 - In that egg the great power sat inactive a whole year of the Creator, at the close of which, by his thought alone, he caused the egg to divide itself; and from its two divisions he framed the heaven above and the earth beneath ; in the midst he placed the subtile ether, the eight regions, and the permanent receptacle of waters.
Página 267 - 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...
Página 351 - Let him slide backwards and forwards on the ground ; or let him stand a whole day on tiptoe ; or let him continue in motion rising and sitting alternately : but at sunrise, at noon, and at sunset, let him go to the waters and bathe. In the hot season, let him sit exposed to five fires ; four blazing around him, with the sun above : in the rains, let him stand uncovered, without even a mantle, and where the clouds pour the heaviest showers ; in the cold season, let him wear humid vesture ; and let...
Página 426 - He gave being to time and the divisions of time, to the stars also, and to the planets, to rivers, oceans, and mountains, to level plains, and uneven valleys.
Página 268 - The inhabitants gave themselves no trouble about the breaking up and divisions 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.