The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1833 |
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... important part performed by him in the partial remo- delling of the Hindu system , can be entertained , " observes Mr. Wilson , yet the exact period at which he flourished can by no means be deter- mined . " In the preface to his ...
... important part performed by him in the partial remo- delling of the Hindu system , can be entertained , " observes Mr. Wilson , yet the exact period at which he flourished can by no means be deter- mined . " In the preface to his ...
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... and less secure budge- row . This boat , whose name is a native corruption of the word barge , is , therefore , usually chosen by European travellers , to whom time and expense are objects of importance . Though , to a ( 13 )
... and less secure budge- row . This boat , whose name is a native corruption of the word barge , is , therefore , usually chosen by European travellers , to whom time and expense are objects of importance . Though , to a ( 13 )
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expense are objects of importance . Though , to a certain extent , the term clumsy may fairly be applied to a budgerow , its construction and appear- ance are far from inelegant ; with a little more painting and gilding , a few silken ...
expense are objects of importance . Though , to a certain extent , the term clumsy may fairly be applied to a budgerow , its construction and appear- ance are far from inelegant ; with a little more painting and gilding , a few silken ...
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... importance . In India , wherever a town occurs in the vicinity of a river , a superb and spacious ghaut is constructed for the accommodation of the inhabitants : the material is sometimes granite , but more frequently well - tempered ...
... importance . In India , wherever a town occurs in the vicinity of a river , a superb and spacious ghaut is constructed for the accommodation of the inhabitants : the material is sometimes granite , but more frequently well - tempered ...
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... important . Their method , indeed , differs entirely from that to which we are accustomed , and is very abstruse ; but , in return , their writings are distinguished by wonderful brevity and precision , and by a spirit of scientific ...
... important . Their method , indeed , differs entirely from that to which we are accustomed , and is very abstruse ; but , in return , their writings are distinguished by wonderful brevity and precision , and by a spirit of scientific ...
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Página 201 - ... and liberal notions of one God, who has equally subjected all living creatures, without distinction of caste, rank, or wealth, to change, disappointment, pain and death, and has equally admitted all to be partakers of the bountiful mercies which he has lavished over nature, and is also so well fitted to regulate the conduct of the human race in the discharge of their various duties to God, to themselves, and to society, that I cannot but hope the best effects from its promulgation in the present...
Página 42 - An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Página 130 - Company, or any Part of the unwritten Laws or Constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland whereon may depend in any Degree the Allegiance of any Person to the Crown of the United Kingdom, or the Sovereignty or Dominion of the said Crown over any Part of the said Territories.
Página 177 - All metaphysical impossibilities can be reduced to the formula, that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same moment, as this would be an absurdity, — that is, an absurd or meaningless statement.
Página 130 - Charters or otherwise, and the jurisdictions thereof, and for all places and things whatsoever within and throughout the whole and every part of the said territories, and for all servants of the said Company within the dominions of Princes and States in alliance with the said Company...
Página 201 - GOD, who has equally subjected all living creatures, without distinction of cast[e], rank, or wealth, to change, disappointment, pain and death, and has equally admitted all to be partakers of the bountiful mercies which he has lavished over nature, and is also so well fitted to regulate the conduct of the human race in the discharge of their various duties to GOD, to themselves and to society...
Página 12 - His body is smeared with ashes from a funeral pile, around his neck hangs a string of human skulls, his forehead is streaked with a black line, his hair is...
Página 69 - Calcutta; provided that their inheritance and succession to lands, rents, and goods, and all matters of contract and dealing between party and party, shall be determined, in the case of Mahomedans, by the laws and usages of Mahomedans, and in the case of Gentoos, by the laws and usages of Gentoos; and where only one of the parties shall be a Mahomedan or Gentoo, by the laws and usages of the defendant.
Página 204 - Roy, a warm advocate for the abolition of sati and of all other superstitions and corruptions engrafted on the Hindu religion, which he considers originally to have been a pure Deism.
Página 93 - By raising the standard of instruction among these classes, you would eventually produce a much greater and more beneficial change in the ideas and feelings of the community, than you can hope to produce by acting directly on the more numerous class.