The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 23Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1827 |
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Page 9
... sent the head of Rustum Khan to the prince . He then expelled the Ma- homedan chiefs and their people from the different towns and fortresses of Madura . Sócánátha Náyaca conferred upon the Sétupati marks of distinction in testimony of ...
... sent the head of Rustum Khan to the prince . He then expelled the Ma- homedan chiefs and their people from the different towns and fortresses of Madura . Sócánátha Náyaca conferred upon the Sétupati marks of distinction in testimony of ...
Page 44
... sent two of his company with this merchant , whose name was Monzaida , to inform the King that their sovereign , " moved by his worthy fame , had sent one of his captains thither to establish mutual love and amity . " The King received ...
... sent two of his company with this merchant , whose name was Monzaida , to inform the King that their sovereign , " moved by his worthy fame , had sent one of his captains thither to establish mutual love and amity . " The King received ...
Page 45
... sent him to commence an intercourse , whence honour and profit might accrue to both parties , and had given him letters of credence . The King received the communication courteously , and promised to acknow- ledge the King of Portugal ...
... sent him to commence an intercourse , whence honour and profit might accrue to both parties , and had given him letters of credence . The King received the communication courteously , and promised to acknow- ledge the King of Portugal ...
Page 46
... sent to Calicut , pretending there was a better market for them there . 1 . Gama did not object : he sent every day two or three persons to observe the city , which gave no offence . He asked permission of the King to leave a factor at ...
... sent to Calicut , pretending there was a better market for them there . 1 . Gama did not object : he sent every day two or three persons to observe the city , which gave no offence . He asked permission of the King to leave a factor at ...
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... sent to Chittagong and Dacca , and is the material of the fine Dacca muslins . The Another line of traffic is that with the country of the Shans , or , as it is term . ed by Europeans , the kingdom of Lao . The Shan traders repair ...
... sent to Chittagong and Dacca , and is the material of the fine Dacca muslins . The Another line of traffic is that with the country of the Shans , or , as it is term . ed by Europeans , the kingdom of Lao . The Shan traders repair ...
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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.