Christian Researches in Asia: With Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures Into the Oriental LanguagesT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - 310 pages |
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Page 18
... called Jug- gernaut . The native Christians of Tanjore , until the light of revelation visited them , wor- shipped an Idol also , called the great Black Bull of Tanjore . And , as in this brief work the Author chiefly proposes to state ...
... called Jug- gernaut . The native Christians of Tanjore , until the light of revelation visited them , wor- shipped an Idol also , called the great Black Bull of Tanjore . And , as in this brief work the Author chiefly proposes to state ...
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... ( consisting chiefly of women and children , and old men ) trusting to the physical weight of their mass , will make , what he called a charge on the armed guards , and overwhelm them ; the guards not being respecting the Hindoos . 21.
... ( consisting chiefly of women and children , and old men ) trusting to the physical weight of their mass , will make , what he called a charge on the armed guards , and overwhelm them ; the guards not being respecting the Hindoos . 21.
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... called Juggernaut , has been considered as the Moloch of the present age ; and he is justly so named , for the sacrifices offered up to him by self - devotement , are not less criminal , perhaps , not less numerous , than those recorded ...
... called Juggernaut , has been considered as the Moloch of the present age ; and he is justly so named , for the sacrifices offered up to him by self - devotement , are not less criminal , perhaps , not less numerous , than those recorded ...
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... a carcase at the same time , viz , the dog , the jackal , the vulture , and the Hurgcela , or Adjutant , called by Pennant , the Gigantic Crane , the temple . They cannot live nearer , on account respecting the Hindoos . 23.
... a carcase at the same time , viz , the dog , the jackal , the vulture , and the Hurgcela , or Adjutant , called by Pennant , the Gigantic Crane , the temple . They cannot live nearer , on account respecting the Hindoos . 23.
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... called the Doorgah Poojah ( the printed cards issued by the Hindoos in the English language , requested the company of the English on Friday , Saturday , and Sunday ) on which occa- sion the Idol goddess Doorgah , ( who is here compared ...
... called the Doorgah Poojah ( the printed cards issued by the Hindoos in the English language , requested the company of the English on Friday , Saturday , and Sunday ) on which occa- sion the Idol goddess Doorgah , ( who is here compared ...
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Page 186 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Page 222 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye ^- // my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished; that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
Page 296 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Page 216 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 219 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Page 220 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 193 - To reveal his son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen ; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 247 - Man ; the field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one ; the enemy that sowed them is the Devil ; the harvest is the end of the \vorld ; and the reapers are the angels.