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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Página iii
... writers in every branch of Oriental literature , have to con- tend with disadvantages , too numerous and too powerful to be easily overcome . The names of the Heroes of Greece and Rome , are rendered familiar at a period of life , when ...
... writers in every branch of Oriental literature , have to con- tend with disadvantages , too numerous and too powerful to be easily overcome . The names of the Heroes of Greece and Rome , are rendered familiar at a period of life , when ...
Página iv
... writers tirefome , and uninterefting , will operate with equal force on the most beautiful paffages of Homer , or Virgil , and the names of Glaucus and Sarpedon , of An- chifes and Eneas , be found as hard to re- member , and as ...
... writers tirefome , and uninterefting , will operate with equal force on the most beautiful paffages of Homer , or Virgil , and the names of Glaucus and Sarpedon , of An- chifes and Eneas , be found as hard to re- member , and as ...
Página v
... writers are entirely deftitute , and the difficulty of reconciling the founds of the names of their Heroes to an European ear is fo great , that it is not till after a greater degree of attention than the generality of readers will ...
... writers are entirely deftitute , and the difficulty of reconciling the founds of the names of their Heroes to an European ear is fo great , that it is not till after a greater degree of attention than the generality of readers will ...
Página xi
... writers wrapt in the veil of allegory ; they fay , that Brahma , the first person in their Triad of Deity , having received the power from the Su- preme for the creation of mankind , created the Hindoos in the following manner : the ...
... writers wrapt in the veil of allegory ; they fay , that Brahma , the first person in their Triad of Deity , having received the power from the Su- preme for the creation of mankind , created the Hindoos in the following manner : the ...
Página xxviii
... writer of equal taste and erudition , to prove their identity , and to trace their wander- ings through the mazes of Grecian and Egyptian lore . Of the members of this numerous Pantheon , it will be fufficient for our purpose to mention ...
... writer of equal taste and erudition , to prove their identity , and to trace their wander- ings through the mazes of Grecian and Egyptian lore . Of the members of this numerous Pantheon , it will be fufficient for our purpose to mention ...
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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.