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 Hindoos, المجلد 2J. Walker, 1811 - 342 من الصفحات |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
affection age of reason Almora amiable amusement appears Ardent-Hall astonishment Atheism attention Axiom Baronet beauty behold benevolent bestowed bosom brother called charms choly Christian companions confess conversation countenance cried Darnley daughter dear Charlotte degree delight Delomond Denbeigh Dewan Doctor Sceptic Doctor Severan doubt Emma England English entertain exalted eyes favour favourites felicity female folly fortune friendship gentleman happiness heart Hindoo honour hope husband idea India informed Lady Grey learned length letter Maandaara manner marriage melan ment mind Miss Ardent Miss Percy morning ness never object observation opinion perceive perhaps philosophers pleasure Poojah poor prejudices Puzzledorf quadrupeds Rajah returned rience scene seemed sentiment servants Shaster sight Sir Caprice Ardent sister smile soon sorrow soul sparrows spirits suffered suffi sufficient taste tears tender thing thought tion truth Varuna virtue votaries voyage woman young Zaarmilla
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الصفحة 274 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
الصفحة 34 - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shame-facedness and sobriety ; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array ; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
الصفحة 62 - The}' listened with peculiar complacency to the accounts of him who " came to preach the gospel to the poor," and the hopes of his favour seemed to irradiate with joy the bosom of resignation.
الصفحة 213 - By destroying the domestic affections, what an addition will be made to human happiness ! And when man is no longer corrupted by the tender and endearing ties of brother, sister, wife, and child, how greatly will his dispositions be meliorated.
الصفحة 15 - We should be careful not to divulge these nine things; age, wealth, domestic affairs, passion, medicine, devotion, gift, and injury. They say, likewise; When the frowns of fortune are excessive, and human endeavours are exerted in vain; where, but in the wilderness, can comfort be found for a poor man of sensibility. A man of nice feelings willingly encountereth death, rather than submit to poverty: a fire meeteth extinction, before it will yield to be cold.
الصفحة 199 - ... compelled to pay for any other. But in reality it includes the whole question at issue. It claims for every man the right to choose for himself his mode of worship, and form of church government, and to make himself sole judge of the nature and extent of the obedience he shall render : in other words, that every man shall do that which is right in his own eyes...
الصفحة 216 - I can believe, that in the age of reason women won't be troubled with the va215 pours," replied Miss Ardent, " but, that they should be able to live without food and clothing, is another affair.
الصفحة 313 - ... neither giveth nor enjoyeth ? What hath he to do with strength, who doth not exert it against the foe? What hath he do with the holy law, who doth not practise virtue ? What hath he to do with a soul, who doth not keep his passions in subjection ? ' Again: * Crude antimony, and sometimes lead ore, ground to an impalpable powder, which the people of India put into their eyes by means of » polished wire dipped therein.
الصفحة 341 - Lakshmee be for ever to be found ! May princes, resting upon their particular duty, govern and protect the earth ! 'May the conduct of those who act , well afford pleasure to the mind ! By words alone no one is great. May he on whose diadem is a crescent,* cause prosperity to the people of the earth...
الصفحة 64 - That it may please thee to defend and provide for the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed ; to...