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 HindoosG. G. and J. Robinson, 1796 - 343 páginas |
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... of his friend and correfpondent Maandara , appears to have been banished from the Province , and to have taken fhelter in the neighbourhood of Agra . See Rohilla History . This short sketch , imperfect as it is , may ( Ivi )
... of his friend and correfpondent Maandara , appears to have been banished from the Province , and to have taken fhelter in the neighbourhood of Agra . See Rohilla History . This short sketch , imperfect as it is , may ( Ivi )
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... Maandaara , Zimeendar of Cumlore , in Robilcund . PRAISE RAISE to Ganefa ! May the benign influence of the God of Wisdom * , beaming on the breast of Maandaara , difpel those clouds of wrath which have been engen- * The God of Wisdom ...
... Maandaara , Zimeendar of Cumlore , in Robilcund . PRAISE RAISE to Ganefa ! May the benign influence of the God of Wisdom * , beaming on the breast of Maandaara , difpel those clouds of wrath which have been engen- * The God of Wisdom ...
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... Maandaara , by the flave who pe- rifhed in the fwellings of the Jumna . Captain Percy had been then five months under the shadow of my roof ; the skill of the Afgan had not been fufficient to join the fractured bone ; fo that great pain ...
... Maandaara , by the flave who pe- rifhed in the fwellings of the Jumna . Captain Percy had been then five months under the shadow of my roof ; the skill of the Afgan had not been fufficient to join the fractured bone ; fo that great pain ...
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... we have thought proper to fill up the blank with what we imagine to have been the poetical paffage alluded to by Captain Percy . Such , O ! Maandaara , was the conclu fion E 2 [ 51 ] not alone. No. The ever-prefent God ...
... we have thought proper to fill up the blank with what we imagine to have been the poetical paffage alluded to by Captain Percy . Such , O ! Maandaara , was the conclu fion E 2 [ 51 ] not alone. No. The ever-prefent God ...
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... Maandaara , was the conclu fion of the life of this European . His two friends abode with me for a few days , and departed , loaded with every mark of my friendship and efteem . I was no fooner left alone , than melancholy took ...
... Maandaara , was the conclu fion of the life of this European . His two friends abode with me for a few days , and departed , loaded with every mark of my friendship and efteem . I was no fooner left alone , than melancholy took ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 51 - 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 171 - ... 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 51 - tis nought to me : Since GOD is ever prefent, ever felt, In the void wafte as in the city full ; And where HE vital breathes there muft be joy.
Página 170 - Of ev'ry bird, that hails the bloomy spring. Or tells his love in many a liquid note, 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 clust'ring fruit distills.
Página xxxii - Bessent, and gay Spring on earth, Weaves thy green robe and flaunting bow'rs, And from thy clouds draws balmy...
Página xxxii - And wave them in the scented air, Each with pearls her neck adorning, Brighter than the tears of morning. Thy crimson ensign, which before them flies, Decks with new stars the sapphire skies.
Página xxxii - Affection ever true, Graces thy side, her vest of glowing hue, And in her train twelve blooming girls advance, Touch golden strings and knit the mirthful dance.
Página xxx - 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 xx - He appointed to each tribe its own faith, and to every sect its own religion ; and having introduced a numerous variety of castes, and a multiplicity of different customs, He views in each particular place the mode of worship respectively appointed to it...
Página 19 - The principles of the Christian religion as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good, and to do to others as they would have others do to them.