Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and During the Period of His Residence in England. To which is Prefixed a Preliminary Dissertation on the History, Religion and Manners of the HindoosJ. Walker, 1811 |
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... attention of the most powerful and enlightened na- tions of Europe toward the fruitful re- gions of Hindoostan , have been the means of opening sources of knowledge and in- formation to the learned and the curious , and have added to ...
... attention of the most powerful and enlightened na- tions of Europe toward the fruitful re- gions of Hindoostan , have been the means of opening sources of knowledge and in- formation to the learned and the curious , and have added to ...
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... of the names of their heroes to an European ear , is so great , that it is not till after a greater degree of attention than the generality of readers will bestow , that any appropriate idea of them can be fixed in the mind . iv.
... of the names of their heroes to an European ear , is so great , that it is not till after a greater degree of attention than the generality of readers will bestow , that any appropriate idea of them can be fixed in the mind . iv.
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... attention , not to the barriers formed by nature around their territories , but to those internal causes , arising from the nature of their government , their laws , religion , moral pre- judices , and established manners . The ancient ...
... attention , not to the barriers formed by nature around their territories , but to those internal causes , arising from the nature of their government , their laws , religion , moral pre- judices , and established manners . The ancient ...
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... I forget the partner of thy cares ? Whose kind attention form'd my early youth ; Or with what care she watch'd my tender years ; And in life's morning , sow'd the seeds of truth ? Twas her instructions , pious , prudent , wise , 1 38 1 ...
... I forget the partner of thy cares ? Whose kind attention form'd my early youth ; Or with what care she watch'd my tender years ; And in life's morning , sow'd the seeds of truth ? Twas her instructions , pious , prudent , wise , 1 38 1 ...
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... - trance into their hearts , I could no longer listen to their complaints with the sem- blance of attention ; and , perceiving that they wearied me , they departed . In the innocent and playful vivacity of the little Zamarcanda 52.
... - trance into their hearts , I could no longer listen to their complaints with the sem- blance of attention ; and , perceiving that they wearied me , they departed . In the innocent and playful vivacity of the little Zamarcanda 52.
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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
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Página 50 - 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 50 - 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 the...
Página 170 - ... induced many of the wisest among the ancients, and some of the most enlightened among the moderns, to believe that the whole creation was rather an energy than a work, by which the Infinite Being who is present at all times and in all places, exhibits to the minds of his creatures a set of perceptions, like a wonderful picture or piece of music, always varied, yet always uniform...
Página xxvii - He with fresh arrows fills thy quiver, (Sweet the gift and sweet the giver!) And bids the many-plumed 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 five flow'rets tips thy ruthless darts, Which thro...
Página xix - 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 xxvi - Cupido; but the Indian description of his person and arms, his family, attendants, and attributes, has new and peculiar beauties.
Página xxvi - His bow of sugar-cane or flowers, with a string of bees, and his five arrows, each pointed with an Indian blossom of a heating quality, are allegories equally new and beautiful.
Página 169 - Omniscient Spirit, whose all-ruling pow'r Bids from each sense bright emanations beam; Glows in the rainbow, sparkles in the stream, Smiles in the bud, and glistens in the flow'r That crowns each vernal bow'r; Sighs in the gale, and warbles in the throat Of...
Página xxvii - He bends the luscious cane, and twists the string With bees how sweet! but ah, how keen their sting ! He with five flow'rets tips thy ruthless darts, Which through five senses pierce enraptur'd hearts...
Página 265 - 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?