The Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Review, and Register, Part 76, Volume 1Thacker and Company, 1824 - British |
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Page 58
... aged and the poor . The study of the language and literature of the Arabs was next discountenanced , and that of its law and theology prohibited . A provision was subsequently made in favour of arithmetic , astronomy , natural history ...
... aged and the poor . The study of the language and literature of the Arabs was next discountenanced , and that of its law and theology prohibited . A provision was subsequently made in favour of arithmetic , astronomy , natural history ...
Page 74
... the Persian Tales . The dervish there avows his having acquired the faculty of animating a dead body from an aged Brahman in the Indies . in compliance with his counsel , I became the confidential 74 [ MARCH Hindu Fiction .
... the Persian Tales . The dervish there avows his having acquired the faculty of animating a dead body from an aged Brahman in the Indies . in compliance with his counsel , I became the confidential 74 [ MARCH Hindu Fiction .
Page 185
... aged mobeds and desturs . I shall not make any observations on the opportunities which this afforded for exhibiting , as the genuine books of Zoroaster , any system whatever that was not very remote from the popular belief . It is quite ...
... aged mobeds and desturs . I shall not make any observations on the opportunities which this afforded for exhibiting , as the genuine books of Zoroaster , any system whatever that was not very remote from the popular belief . It is quite ...
Page 252
... aged and the young among Charuns are taught , not merely to desire to part with existence , whenever the honour of their family , or the class to which they belong calls for the sacrifice , but from the feeble female of fourscore to the ...
... aged and the young among Charuns are taught , not merely to desire to part with existence , whenever the honour of their family , or the class to which they belong calls for the sacrifice , but from the feeble female of fourscore to the ...
Page 270
... aged Brahman . Thus changed , they repaired to the pa- lace , where the supposed Brahman addressed the monarch thus : - " King , I am an old man without connexions in your capital . I sent my only son on family affairs some time ago to ...
... aged Brahman . Thus changed , they repaired to the pa- lace , where the supposed Brahman addressed the monarch thus : - " King , I am an old man without connexions in your capital . I sent my only son on family affairs some time ago to ...
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Page xx - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid ! 2 Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him in slumber feclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
Page xx - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 115 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
Page lxxxiii - The Lord of Love, on Calvary, A meek and suffering stranger, Upraised to Heaven His languid eye, In nature's hour of danger. For us He bore the weight of woe, For us He gave His blood to flow, And met His Father's anger.
Page lxxxiii - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page liii - For scandalous and infamous conduct, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in the following instances : — " For having at Bangalore, on the 20th day of August 1830, wantonly, and without provocation, struck Ens.
Page cv - His care alone who feeds the ravens, and who never, or most rarely, suffers the seed of the righteous to beg their bread. Nor are the qualifications which he will need, nor the duties which will be imposed...
Page 117 - Alia Bhye, when she found all dissuasion unavailing, determined to witness the last dreadful scene. She walked in the procession, and stood near the pile, where she was supported by two Brahmins, who held her arms. Although obviously suffering great agony of mind, she remained tolerably firm...
Page liii - Such conduct being insubordinate, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, and in breach of the articles of war. Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision :—
Page cvi - ... the favour of his superiors, the friendship of his equals, and affection strong as death from those whose wanderings he corrects, whose distresses he consoles, and by whose sick and dying bed he stands as a ministering angel. Are further inducements needful ? I yet can promise more.