The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 23Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1827 |
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... practice ? ' Is there any necessity , as he pretends , ' to seek some new explana- tions of phenomena , so strange to the laws which we fancied we had esta- blished ? ' " Some merchants , in order to avoid , or rather retard their ruin ...
... practice ? ' Is there any necessity , as he pretends , ' to seek some new explana- tions of phenomena , so strange to the laws which we fancied we had esta- blished ? ' " Some merchants , in order to avoid , or rather retard their ruin ...
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... practice of dissection and examination of the dead subject is contrary to the tenets of the brahminical system , so that conjecture is their chief guide to a knowledge of anatomy . ཙཱི * ༄ Their preparations and chemical operations are ...
... practice of dissection and examination of the dead subject is contrary to the tenets of the brahminical system , so that conjecture is their chief guide to a knowledge of anatomy . ཙཱི * ༄ Their preparations and chemical operations are ...
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... practice , contained in the first volume ) ; this part of the work is preceded by short but sensible preliminary observations upon the arts and sciences of the Hindoos ; in the course of which Dr. Ainslie repels a rude attack of M ...
... practice , contained in the first volume ) ; this part of the work is preceded by short but sensible preliminary observations upon the arts and sciences of the Hindoos ; in the course of which Dr. Ainslie repels a rude attack of M ...
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... practices , the relics , probably , of their original creed . They offer a sort of worship to the spirits of those who die in battle , and to the elements and clouds , The Sinhphos confine themselves chiefly to the practice of arms ...
... practices , the relics , probably , of their original creed . They offer a sort of worship to the spirits of those who die in battle , and to the elements and clouds , The Sinhphos confine themselves chiefly to the practice of arms ...
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expedient to direct , that the practice of charging King's pay in advance to the 24th of the month shall be discontinued , and that all regiments of his Majesty's service shall in future draw pay ( subsis- tence ) for all ... practice of ...
expedient to direct , that the practice of charging King's pay in advance to the 24th of the month shall be discontinued , and that all regiments of his Majesty's service shall in future draw pay ( subsis- tence ) for all ... practice of ...
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Page 101 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 297 - The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Hon.
Page 423 - Three persons, a wife, a son and a slave, are declared by law to have in general no wealth exclusively their own; the wealth which they may earn is regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong
Page 101 - Directors, in any case (except where hostilities have actually been commenced, or preparations actually made for the commencement of hostilities against the British nation in India...
Page 262 - Oh woman, lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ; Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There 's in you all that we believe of Heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 289 - ... non-observance of such rules, ordinances, and regulations; but nevertheless the same, or any of them, shall not be valid, or of any force or effect, until the same shall be duly registered and published in the said Supreme Court of Judicature, which shall be, by the said new charter established, with the consent and approbation of the said Court ; which registry shall not be made until the expiration of twenty days after the same shall be...
Page 423 - ... sought for, but which fell in his way) he never pretended to impartiality, but acted as the avowed, though certainly the successful and judicious agent of the orphan prince entrusted to his care, and from attempting whose conversion to Christianity he seems to have abstained from a feeling of honour. His other converts were between six and seven thousand, besides those which his predecessors and companions in the cause had brought over.
Page 423 - Nor is it true that in the mechanic arts they are inferior to the general run of European nations. Where they fall short of us, (which is chiefly in agricultural implements and the mechanics of common life,) they are not, so far as I have understood of Italy and the south of France, surpassed in any great degree by the people of those countries. Their goldsmiths and weavers produce as beautiful fabrics as our own, and it is so far from true that they are obstinately wedded to their old patterns,...
Page 423 - ... a system which tends, more than anything else the Devil has yet invented, to destroy the feelings of general benevolence, and to make ninetenths of mankind the hopeless slaves of the remainder...
Page 423 - ... live virtuously and do good to each other. I do not say, indeed, that there are not some scattered lessons of this kind to be found in their ancient books; but those books are neither accessible to the people at large, nor are these last permitted to read them ; and, in general, all the sins that a Sudra is taught to fear are, killing a cow, offending a Brahmin, or neglecting one of the many frivolous rites by which their deities are supposed to be conciliated.