The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 11James Silk Buckingham 1826 |
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... existence of which was unknown to Europe when India was in the zenith of her greatness ! To what then must this difference be ascribed ? Not surely to any peculiarities in the physical conditions of the two countries in question ; for ...
... existence of which was unknown to Europe when India was in the zenith of her greatness ! To what then must this difference be ascribed ? Not surely to any peculiarities in the physical conditions of the two countries in question ; for ...
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... existence whatever in point of fact . To stop the trial in limine , the prisoner proposed four exceptions to the consideration of the Court . The second is the only one it is now intended to notice . It went to show that , even if he ...
... existence whatever in point of fact . To stop the trial in limine , the prisoner proposed four exceptions to the consideration of the Court . The second is the only one it is now intended to notice . It went to show that , even if he ...
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... existence of this necessity let us examine two questions : First , are the Natives , in point of fitness , unequal to higher employment ? Or , if fit , would the stability of our empire be hazarded by their being so employed ? We will ...
... existence of this necessity let us examine two questions : First , are the Natives , in point of fitness , unequal to higher employment ? Or , if fit , would the stability of our empire be hazarded by their being so employed ? We will ...
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... existence will not satisfy ; and that THE INTELLECT WHICH CANNOT FIND A NATURAL OUTLET , WILL INWARDLY FESTER TILL IT CORRODES AND FATALLY INJURES THE WHOLE FRAME OF SOCIETY . " On the first portion of this extract we may observe , that ...
... existence will not satisfy ; and that THE INTELLECT WHICH CANNOT FIND A NATURAL OUTLET , WILL INWARDLY FESTER TILL IT CORRODES AND FATALLY INJURES THE WHOLE FRAME OF SOCIETY . " On the first portion of this extract we may observe , that ...
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... existence , as they now do , shut out from all hope of attaining distinctions in the state , and so restricted in their property by the pressure of continual exactions , that the security of the little pittance left them is more a ...
... existence , as they now do , shut out from all hope of attaining distinctions in the state , and so restricted in their property by the pressure of continual exactions , that the security of the little pittance left them is more a ...
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Page 305 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright: I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Hath led me — who knows how? To thy chamber window, Sweet! The wandering airs they faint On the dark, the silent stream — The Champak odours fail Like sweet thoughts in a dream; The nightingale's complaint, It dies upon her heart; — As I must on thine, Oh, beloved as thou art!
Page 179 - But if there be in glory aught of good, It may by means far different be attain'd, Without ambition, war, or violence; By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent, By patience, temperance: I mention still Him, whom thy wrongs, with saintly patience borne.
Page 305 - Oh lift me from the grass! I die, I faint, I fail! Let thy love in kisses rain On my lips and eyelids pale. My cheek is cold and white, alas ! My heart beats loud and fast: Oh! press it close to thine again, Where it will break at last.
Page 109 - THIS is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free ; Which he who can, and will, deserves high praise ; Who neither can, nor will, may hold his peace ; What can be juster in a state than this ? FROM HORACE.
Page 179 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 499 - A GENTLE knight was pricking on the plain, Yclad in mighty arms and silver shield, Wherein old dints of deep wounds did remain, The cruel marks of many a bloody field ; Yet arms till that time did he never wield : His angry steed did chide his foaming bit, As much disdaining to the curb to yield : Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit, As one for knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit.
Page 498 - Unless they graz'd there's not one word Of their provision on record ; Which made some confidently write, They had no stomachs but to fight.
Page 499 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white than snow, Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele, that wimpled was full low...
Page 313 - I tell you, there are seven thousand men, and of the Church of England too, that have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Page 589 - If people should not be called to account for possessing the people with an ill opinion of the government, no government can subsist. For it is very necessary for all governments that the people should have a good opinion of it.