The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Volume 7James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1825 |
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Pagina 12
... Persian , were left with each of them for the guidance of the villagers and travellers . To thwart this good measure , Govend Bucksh , Chundoo Loll's brother , assembled the head - men of the village , and forced them to PAY for this ...
... Persian , were left with each of them for the guidance of the villagers and travellers . To thwart this good measure , Govend Bucksh , Chundoo Loll's brother , assembled the head - men of the village , and forced them to PAY for this ...
Pagina 39
... Persians . Pliny ( L. 11. ) says , that 1600 stars had been counted in the 72 constellations , and by this expression I can only understand him to mean the 72 dodecans into which the Egyptians and Chal- deans divided the zodiac . Now ...
... Persians . Pliny ( L. 11. ) says , that 1600 stars had been counted in the 72 constellations , and by this expression I can only understand him to mean the 72 dodecans into which the Egyptians and Chal- deans divided the zodiac . Now ...
Pagina 40
... Persians pretend that Alexander the Great found a mirror in which the universe was represented . This mirror , which they call aynah Iskander , would seem to have been a reflecting telescope . Certainly there have existed tradi- tions ...
... Persians pretend that Alexander the Great found a mirror in which the universe was represented . This mirror , which they call aynah Iskander , would seem to have been a reflecting telescope . Certainly there have existed tradi- tions ...
Pagina 42
... Persians represented the king , the sun , passing into the sign of Leo . The Egyptians denoted the same constellation ... Persian Mithras riding on the bull , and the respect and reverence in which this animal is still held by the pious ...
... Persians represented the king , the sun , passing into the sign of Leo . The Egyptians denoted the same constellation ... Persian Mithras riding on the bull , and the respect and reverence in which this animal is still held by the pious ...
Pagina 47
... Persia , and almost all the south of Asia , is subject to another calamity no less dreadful ; I mean those clouds of locusts so often mentioned by travellers . The quantity of these insects is incredible to all who have not seen them ...
... Persia , and almost all the south of Asia , is subject to another calamity no less dreadful ; I mean those clouds of locusts so often mentioned by travellers . The quantity of these insects is incredible to all who have not seen them ...
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Pagina 244 - Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Pagina 247 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Pagina 489 - Instruction for the purpose of ascertaining the state of Public education in this part of India, and of the Public Institutions designed for its promotion, and of considering and from time to time submitting to Government the suggestion of such measures, as it may appear expedient to adopt with a view to the better instruction of the people, to the introduction among them of useful knowledge and to the improvement of their moral character.
Pagina 438 - Her lot is on you — silent tears to weep, And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sunless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship — therefore pray!
Pagina 37 - Origines, or Remarks on the Origin of several Empires, States, and Cities,
Pagina 173 - Your Majesty having been pleased by your order in Council of '• the...
Pagina 52 - Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with storms. When the tide rushes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves, Boisterous and gentle sounds.
Pagina 244 - It is indifferent for judges and magistrates: for if they be facile and corrupt, you shall have a servant five times worse than a wife. For soldiers, I find the generals commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children.
Pagina 72 - ... que les rois sont faits pour les peuples, et non pas les peuples pour les rois.
Pagina 291 - But the time appointed for labour is to be narrowly examined, otherwise you may imagine, that since there are only six hours appointed for work, they may fall under a scarcity of necessary provisions. But it is so far from being true that this time is not sufficient for supplying them with plenty of all things, either necessary or convenient, that it is rather too much ; and this you will easily apprehend if you consider how great a part of all other nations is quite idle.