The Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Review, and Register, Part 76, Volume 3Thacker and Company, 1825 |
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... Saktideva , continued . Having finished her story the Princess recommend- ed to her father to benefit by the lesson , and to be cautious to whom he gave credit , and she repeated her wish , that he would not be anxious with respect to ...
... Saktideva , continued . Having finished her story the Princess recommend- ed to her father to benefit by the lesson , and to be cautious to whom he gave credit , and she repeated her wish , that he would not be anxious with respect to ...
Page 304
... Saktideva , Continued . In the mean time , Saktideva ashamed of the ex- posure he had suffered , and deeply enamoured of the princess determined to discover this unknown city , or perish in the undertaking . If he succeeded , he should ...
... Saktideva , Continued . In the mean time , Saktideva ashamed of the ex- posure he had suffered , and deeply enamoured of the princess determined to discover this unknown city , or perish in the undertaking . If he succeeded , he should ...
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... Saktideva cheerfully resumed his route . Upon his arrival at the habitation of the elder ascetic , he speedily announced the purport of his visit , with no better success , however , than before . The Sage had never heard of the Golden ...
... Saktideva cheerfully resumed his route . Upon his arrival at the habitation of the elder ascetic , he speedily announced the purport of his visit , with no better success , however , than before . The Sage had never heard of the Golden ...
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... Saktideva rea- dily consented , and they embarked on board a sloop , and set off for the island named Retnakuta : on their way Saktideva observed an object in the middle of the sea , the nature of which he was at a loss to compre- hend ...
... Saktideva rea- dily consented , and they embarked on board a sloop , and set off for the island named Retnakuta : on their way Saktideva observed an object in the middle of the sea , the nature of which he was at a loss to compre- hend ...
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... Saktideva with the hope of de- liverance . As morning was about to dawn he gently approached the stoutest of the flock , and threw himself Beneath Charybdis holds her boisterous reign Midst roaring whirlpools and absorbs the main . Pope ...
... Saktideva with the hope of de- liverance . As morning was about to dawn he gently approached the stoutest of the flock , and threw himself Beneath Charybdis holds her boisterous reign Midst roaring whirlpools and absorbs the main . Pope ...
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Page 75 - Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 53 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 101 - And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Page 307 - Now sunk the west, and now a southern breeze, More dreadful than the tempest, lash'd the seas ; For on the rocks it bore where Scylla raves, And dire Charybdis rolls her thundering waves.
Page 83 - I placed myself behind the tree so as not to be seen, not apprehending any danger ; because they ran with too great rapidity, and too closely together, to afford any one of them an opportunity of injuring me, while protected in this manner.
Page xlviii - Thou shalt surely find the most violent of all men in enmity against the true believers, to be the Jews and the idolaters : and thou shalt surely find those among them to be the most inclinable to entertain friendship for the true believers, who say, We are Christians.
Page xxii - British lines on the morning of the 14th (pronounced a fortunate day by their soothsayers), determined to sacrifice their lives at the dearest rate, as they had nothing else to expect than to do so ignominiously, by returning to the...
Page 228 - Calcutta; provided that their inheritance and succession to lands, rents, and goods, and all matters of contract and dealing between party and party, shall be determined, in the case of Mahomedans, by the laws and usages of Mahomedans, and in the case of Gentoos, by the laws and usages of Gentoos; and where only one of the parties shall be a Mahomedan or Gentoo, by the laws and usages of the defendant.
Page 221 - Therefore, since it is denied, that a gift or sale should be made, the precept is infringed by making one. But the gift or transfer is not null: for a fact cannot be altered by a hundred texts.
Page 29 - ... noon. It was dark when we moved off, and even cold. Your camel is impatient to rise ere you are well seated on him ; gives a shake, too, to warm his blood, and half dislodges you ; marches rather faster than by day, and gives, occasionally, a hard quick stamp with his broad callous foot. Our moon was far in her wane. She rose, however, about an hour after we started, all red, above the dark hills on our left ; yet higher rose, and paler grew, till at last she hung a silvery crescent in the deep...