Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: ... to which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the History, Religion, and Manners of the Hindoos, Volumen 1J. Walker, 1811 |
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... blissful period of life at which it was first received , that the recollected scenes of juvenile felicity may frequently , even in the most accomplished minds , be found to give a zest to the charms of the ancient 111.
... blissful period of life at which it was first received , that the recollected scenes of juvenile felicity may frequently , even in the most accomplished minds , be found to give a zest to the charms of the ancient 111.
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... ancient authors . the advantages of an early classical educa- tion , the same objections which render the translations from the Oriental writers tiresome , and uninteresting , will operate with equal force on the most beautiful passages ...
... ancient authors . the advantages of an early classical educa- tion , the same objections which render the translations from the Oriental writers tiresome , and uninteresting , will operate with equal force on the most beautiful passages ...
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... ancient grandeur , however , which are still to be found , and which have been sought for with the most suc- cessful assiduity by many of our country- men in India , give the most irrefragable testimony of the antiquity of their empire ...
... ancient grandeur , however , which are still to be found , and which have been sought for with the most suc- cessful assiduity by many of our country- men in India , give the most irrefragable testimony of the antiquity of their empire ...
Página viii
... ancient government , throughout Hindoostan , appears to have been a fede- rative union of the various states , each governed by its own Rajah , or Chief , but subjected , in a sort of feudal vassalage , to the sovereignty of the supreme ...
... ancient government , throughout Hindoostan , appears to have been a fede- rative union of the various states , each governed by its own Rajah , or Chief , but subjected , in a sort of feudal vassalage , to the sovereignty of the supreme ...
Página xi
... he created was the Khet- trie , or war tribe , and this he produced from his arms , his duty being to defend the people , to govern , and to command ; of this tribe were the ancient Rajahs . He next produced the Bice , or Banyan , from xi.
... he created was the Khet- trie , or war tribe , and this he produced from his arms , his duty being to defend the people , to govern , and to command ; of this tribe were the ancient Rajahs . He next produced the Bice , or Banyan , from xi.
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Términos y frases comunes
Acbar Afgan Almora ancient appeared astonishment base motives beautiful behold Benares blessings bosom Brahma Bramin Calcutta called Captain Grey Cast ceremony character charms Chiefs Christian Shaster Chunar conversation countenance curiosity dancing degree Deity delight devo Dewtah divine doos duty earth England English enlightened equal European eyes father favour felicity female frequently Gentoo Laws Goddess Great-Britain hand happiness heard heart heaven Hindoo Hindoostan honour hope human idea ignorance imagine India judge knowledge Lackshmi ladies learned letter Maandaara manners ment mind misery Mussulman nation nature never noble Rajah observed opinion peace perceive Percy performance Persian Persian language pleasure Poojah of cards precepts present provinces Pundit racter received religion Rohilla sacred scene Sheermaal Sir William Jones smiles soul spirit strangers suffered superior Surraya taught tender thee thou tion truth Veda Veeshnu venerable virtue wisdom women worship young youth Zaarmilla Zimeendar
Pasajes populares
Página 52 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.
Página 53 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around...
Página 52 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song ! where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on th...
Página xxi - He views in each particular place the mode of worship respectively appointed to it ; sometimes He is employed with the attendants upon the mosque; in counting the sacred beads ; sometimes He is in the temple, at the adoration of idols ; the intimate of the Mussalman, and the friend of the Hindu , the companion of the Christian, and the confidant of the Jew.
Página xxix - And bids the various warbling throng Burst the pent blossoms with their song. He bends the luscious cane, and twists the string, With bees how sweet ! but ah, how keen their sting ! He with fine flowrets tips thy ruthless darts, Which through five senses pierce enraptured hearts.
Página lvii - She, like the other Hindoo Goddesses, is distinguished by a variety of names ; as Lackshmi, she is the Goddess of Fortune: as Sree, the Goddess of Plenty, or Hindoo Ceres. MAYA. Explained by some Hindoo scholars to be " the. first inclination of the Godhead to diversify himself by creating worlds.
Página xxviii - God, to whom the following poem is addressed, appears evidently the same with the Grecian EROS and the Roman CUPIDO; but the Indian description of his person and arms, his family, attendants, and attributes, has new and peculiar beauties.
Página lv - Avatar, we are told, is yet to come, and is expected to appear mounted (like the crowned conqueror in the Apocalyps) on a white horfe, with a cimeter blazing like a comet to mow down all incorrigible and impenitent offenders, who fhall then be on earth.
Página 171 - Whilst envious artists touch the rival string. Till rocks and forests ring ; Breathes in rich fragrance from the sandal grove, Or where the precious musk-deer playful rove ; In dulcet juice from...
Página 267 - I was anxious to improve the light, directed me four or five miles farther on my way to the dwelling of a man whose name was Rice, who occupied the last and highest of the valleys that lay in my path, and who, they said, was a rather rude and uncivil man. But "what is a foreign country to those who have science? Who is a stranger to those who have the habit of speaking kindly?