The Quarterly Oriental Magazine, Review, and Register, Part 76, Volume 1Thacker and Company, 1824 |
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... known in Bengal than it deserves , and propose to bring it to the more particular no- tice of our readers , by presenting them with a general sketch of its contents . The accumulation of three volumes , each containing a number of ...
... known in Bengal than it deserves , and propose to bring it to the more particular no- tice of our readers , by presenting them with a general sketch of its contents . The accumulation of three volumes , each containing a number of ...
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... known that all India , from the earliest times , has been divided among three grand sects , the Brahminical , Bouddhist , and Jaina , all of them differing in their tenets and ceremonies . " The question regarding the relative antiquity ...
... known that all India , from the earliest times , has been divided among three grand sects , the Brahminical , Bouddhist , and Jaina , all of them differing in their tenets and ceremonies . " The question regarding the relative antiquity ...
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... . They believe that there is a God , but affirm that he can be known only by such , as become absorbed in his essence that therefore a person knowing God ceases to possess identity : that 8 [ MARCH Oriental Literature ..
... . They believe that there is a God , but affirm that he can be known only by such , as become absorbed in his essence that therefore a person knowing God ceases to possess identity : that 8 [ MARCH Oriental Literature ..
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... known in India , and in which alone these doubts originate , applies only to existing sects , the most ancient of which possibly dates from Sankara Acharya , who lived about the eighth cen- tury . But although the actually existing ...
... known in India , and in which alone these doubts originate , applies only to existing sects , the most ancient of which possibly dates from Sankara Acharya , who lived about the eighth cen- tury . But although the actually existing ...
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... known in this part of In- dia is one near Goruckpore , a temple and establishment sacred to Siva as Gorakhnath , or Gorakshanatha . The same form of Siva , and other analogous ones , have many temples in Nepal ; but neither Kirkpatrick ...
... known in this part of In- dia is one near Goruckpore , a temple and establishment sacred to Siva as Gorakhnath , or Gorakshanatha . The same form of Siva , and other analogous ones , have many temples in Nepal ; but neither Kirkpatrick ...
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Page xx - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid ! 2 Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall ; Angels adore Him in slumber feclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
Page xx - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 115 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
Page lxxxiii - The Lord of Love, on Calvary, A meek and suffering stranger, Upraised to Heaven His languid eye, In nature's hour of danger. For us He bore the weight of woe, For us He gave His blood to flow, And met His Father's anger.
Page lxxxiii - And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page liii - For scandalous and infamous conduct, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in the following instances : — " For having at Bangalore, on the 20th day of August 1830, wantonly, and without provocation, struck Ens.
Page cv - His care alone who feeds the ravens, and who never, or most rarely, suffers the seed of the righteous to beg their bread. Nor are the qualifications which he will need, nor the duties which will be imposed...
Page 117 - Alia Bhye, when she found all dissuasion unavailing, determined to witness the last dreadful scene. She walked in the procession, and stood near the pile, where she was supported by two Brahmins, who held her arms. Although obviously suffering great agony of mind, she remained tolerably firm...
Page liii - Such conduct being insubordinate, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, and in breach of the articles of war. Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision :—
Page cvi - ... the favour of his superiors, the friendship of his equals, and affection strong as death from those whose wanderings he corrects, whose distresses he consoles, and by whose sick and dying bed he stands as a ministering angel. Are further inducements needful ? I yet can promise more.