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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... passed beyond the legitimate bounds " of this discourse , in ranging to the extremity of those " countries , and to the furthest island of that vast " Archipelago in which the Malay Language prevails , " I shall scarcely seem to ...
... passed beyond the legitimate bounds " of this discourse , in ranging to the extremity of those " countries , and to the furthest island of that vast " Archipelago in which the Malay Language prevails , " I shall scarcely seem to ...
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... passed that Oceanum dissociabilem , which " for so many ages has insulated that vast Empire from " the rest of mankind . " I must not omit to commend the zealous and perse- " vering labours of Mr. LASSAR , and of those learned and ...
... passed that Oceanum dissociabilem , which " for so many ages has insulated that vast Empire from " the rest of mankind . " I must not omit to commend the zealous and perse- " vering labours of Mr. LASSAR , and of those learned and ...
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... passed a devotee to day who laid himself down at every step , measuring the road to Jug- gernaut , by the length of his body , as a penance of merit to please the God . ' " Outer Gate of Juggernaut , 12th June , 1806 . A disaster has ...
... passed a devotee to day who laid himself down at every step , measuring the road to Jug- gernaut , by the length of his body , as a penance of merit to please the God . ' " Outer Gate of Juggernaut , 12th June , 1806 . A disaster has ...
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... passed round him , leaving the space clear , and he was crushed was delivered to the English settlement at Calcutta , in the middle of the Hindoos themselves ! It was first given at the time above mentioned , and afterwards repeated ...
... passed round him , leaving the space clear , and he was crushed was delivered to the English settlement at Calcutta , in the middle of the Hindoos themselves ! It was first given at the time above mentioned , and afterwards repeated ...
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... passed the place of skulls , nothing remained of her but her bones . ' And this , thought I , is the worship of the Brahmins of Hindostan , and their worship in its sublimest degree ! What then shall we think of their private manners ...
... passed the place of skulls , nothing remained of her but her bones . ' And this , thought I , is the worship of the Brahmins of Hindostan , and their worship in its sublimest degree ! What then shall we think of their private manners ...
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Page 220 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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.