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I have deemed it of moment , also , in a book of this nature , to make some observations on the influence which education , European civilization , and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city .
I have deemed it of moment , also , in a book of this nature , to make some observations on the influence which education , European civilization , and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city .
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I had observed , too , that , instead of " environ , ” etc. , M. Klaproth had written : “ Au nord [ sic ] de la ville coule la rivière Pho lo nă ( Varaņā ) ; sur son bord , à dix li de la ville , ” etc. ; Pho ...
I had observed , too , that , instead of " environ , ” etc. , M. Klaproth had written : “ Au nord [ sic ] de la ville coule la rivière Pho lo nă ( Varaņā ) ; sur son bord , à dix li de la ville , ” etc. ; Pho ...
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Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed anything like that liberality of literary curiosity which would be at much pains to perpetuate , by transcription ...
Neither among the Hindus nor among the Jainas has one ever observed anything like that liberality of literary curiosity which would be at much pains to perpetuate , by transcription ...
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numerous systems of philosophy , and made great pretensions to logical accuracy ; and that the habit of the nation generally , for thousands of years , has been to reverence the past , and to reflect upon and observe , with punctilious ...
numerous systems of philosophy , and made great pretensions to logical accuracy ; and that the habit of the nation generally , for thousands of years , has been to reverence the past , and to reflect upon and observe , with punctilious ...
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The information which they incidentally furnish rests partly upon the statements of no other than Buddha himself , corroborated , in some measure , by their own observations . This wonderful personage , considering that some of the ...
The information which they incidentally furnish rests partly upon the statements of no other than Buddha himself , corroborated , in some measure , by their own observations . This wonderful personage , considering that some of the ...
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