Letters on IndiaLongman, 1814 - 382 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... once thoughts of referring you to such books as contain the best accounts of the country , its customs , and its inhabitants . However , on reflecting that your time must be too fully occupied in preparations for your voy- age , to ...
... once thoughts of referring you to such books as contain the best accounts of the country , its customs , and its inhabitants . However , on reflecting that your time must be too fully occupied in preparations for your voy- age , to ...
Pàgina 7
... to those sublime passages in their Sastras , where truth is identified with the Almighty mind , and described at once in the most awful and the most enchanting colours ; and though in the modern Hindûs LETTERS ON INDIA . 7.
... to those sublime passages in their Sastras , where truth is identified with the Almighty mind , and described at once in the most awful and the most enchanting colours ; and though in the modern Hindûs LETTERS ON INDIA . 7.
Pàgina 11
... to those sublime passages in their Sastras , where truth is identified with the Almighty mind , and described at once in the most awful and the most enchanting colours ; and though in the modern Hindûs LETTERS ON INDIA . 7.
... to those sublime passages in their Sastras , where truth is identified with the Almighty mind , and described at once in the most awful and the most enchanting colours ; and though in the modern Hindûs LETTERS ON INDIA . 7.
Pàgina 11
... once put within the reach of the people . But I must have already tired you with this long letter , and I dare say we shall have occa- sion to return to this very important subject in our future correspondence . Mean time adieu , and ...
... once put within the reach of the people . But I must have already tired you with this long letter , and I dare say we shall have occa- sion to return to this very important subject in our future correspondence . Mean time adieu , and ...
Pàgina 11
... once contained a race who had reached a high degree of refinement , and who must have been blest with many rare advantages before such a language could have been formed and polished . Amidst the wreck of the nations where it flourish ...
... once contained a race who had reached a high degree of refinement , and who must have been blest with many rare advantages before such a language could have been formed and polished . Amidst the wreck of the nations where it flourish ...
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adorned æra Agra Akbar ancient appear army arts Aurengzebe Awatar Baber beautiful Bengal Brahma Brahmins brother called capital castes ceremonies Chandra character chief conquest contains court Crishna Dara death Deccan Dehli deity descendants divine dominions dwipa earth East emperor empire European fables father favourite Ferishta fire Firoze Ganges Genghis Genghis Khan Ghazna goddess gods Greeks Guzerat head heaven hero Hindostan Hindû Hindus holy honour human India Indus inhabitants Khan king kingdom language laws letter Mahmoud Mahomedan Mahommed Mahratta Mogul Mogul empire monarchs mountains murdered Mussulman native nature Nizam nobles o'dien oblations offered Parvati Patans performed perhaps person poems poets possessed present priests prince provinces Rama reign religion river Sacontala sacred sacrifice Sanscrit sect Shah Jehan Sidd'hanta Sir William Jones Siva soubah sovereigns Sultan Surya temple throne tion tombs trial by ordeal tribe Vedas Vishnu worship Zebe
Passatges populars
Pàgina 115 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Pàgina 92 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Pàgina 83 - The Fiend looked up, and knew His mounted scale aloft : Nor more ; but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.
Pàgina 67 - Artaxerxes' throne; To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear, From heaven descended to the low-roofed house Of Socrates, see there his tenement, Whom well inspired the oracle pronounced Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth Mellifluous streams that watered all the schools Of Academics old and new, with those Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect Epicurean, and the Stoic severe...
Pàgina 267 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Pàgina 63 - Who knows exactly, and who shall in this world declare, whence and why this creation took place ? The gods are subsequent to the production of this world: then who can know whence it proceeded ? or whence this varied world arose ? or whether it uphold [itself], or not ? He who, in the highest heaven, is the ruler of this universe, does indeed know; but not another can possess that knowledge.
Pàgina 354 - Heaven shall burst her starry gates again ! He comes ! dread Brama shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven's fiery horse, beneath his warrior form, Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm ! Wide waves his flickering sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns, and light the world below ! Earth, and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed, Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread...
Pàgina 65 - Know, first, that heaven and earth's compacted frame, And flowing waters, and the starry flame, And both the radiant lights, one common soul Inspires and feeds, and animates the whole.
Pàgina 129 - Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting their solitary caves, The lonely sound of winds, that moan around Accordant to the melancholy waves.