Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and EssaysTrübner and Company, 1879 - 365 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 4
... second pillar of Hercules . Near it is a much higher , grander , black - looking , craggy , precipitous hill , known as the Ape's Hill , which also claims , and with more apparent justice , to represent the other pillar . From this ...
... second pillar of Hercules . Near it is a much higher , grander , black - looking , craggy , precipitous hill , known as the Ape's Hill , which also claims , and with more apparent justice , to represent the other pillar . From this ...
Page 15
... second or great bitter lake , where we anchored for the night soon after sunset . These two remarkable lakes had nearly dry beds before the making of the canal . That happened to them which is now going on in the Dead Sea . The water ...
... second or great bitter lake , where we anchored for the night soon after sunset . These two remarkable lakes had nearly dry beds before the making of the canal . That happened to them which is now going on in the Dead Sea . The water ...
Page 23
... second voyage , when we reached Aden by daylight , I greatly enjoyed a visit to the wonderful tanks three or four miles distant , dug out of the solid rock to catch the precious rain - water which occasionally makes up for lost time ...
... second voyage , when we reached Aden by daylight , I greatly enjoyed a visit to the wonderful tanks three or four miles distant , dug out of the solid rock to catch the precious rain - water which occasionally makes up for lost time ...
Page 29
... second mutiny was imminent , that our carriage would be stormed , and ourselves perhaps shot down on the spot . Our fears were allayed on learning that the lower classes of Hindus are in the habit of talking and shouting to each other ...
... second mutiny was imminent , that our carriage would be stormed , and ourselves perhaps shot down on the spot . Our fears were allayed on learning that the lower classes of Hindus are in the habit of talking and shouting to each other ...
Page 86
... Indian Antiquary ' for this year . 2 This form of bier is only used in the case of young children . See the description of the second funeral witnessed by me . which other members of the same family had before been 86 MODERN INDIA .
... Indian Antiquary ' for this year . 2 This form of bier is only used in the case of young children . See the description of the second funeral witnessed by me . which other members of the same family had before been 86 MODERN INDIA .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient Arabic Aryan Asiatic Society believe Benares Bengal Bombay Brahmans British Buddha Buddhist Calcutta called Cambridge caste century Ceylon character Chinese Christianity Civil cloth College Commentary creeds Crown 8vo Demy 8vo dialects DICTIONARY district divine doctrines Early East Empire England English European F. J. FURNIVALL female Glossary Government GRAMMAR Gujarat Hensleigh Wedgwood Hindu Hinduism History Islām kind Kuran language late literature LL.D London Lord Madras Maps Maratha MARTIN HAUG millions Missionary Muhammad Muhammadan Muslims native Notes original Oxford Pandits Pārsi Parsis Persian Ph.D pindas plates Post 8vo prayer present principal Professor races religion religious Rig-veda round Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society sacred Sanskrit schools Second Edition sewed Śiva Southern India spirit supposed T. W. RHYS DAVIDS temple Text tion town Translated tribes University Veda vernacular viii village Vishnu W. W. SKEAT whole women words worship
Popular passages
Page 290 - The question now before us is simply whether, when it is in our power to teach this language, we shall teach languages in which, by universal confession, there are no books on any subject which deserve to be compared to our own...
Page 57 - Wake. — THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY. Being a History of the Development of Moral Culture. By C. STANILAND WAKE, author of "Chapters on Man,
Page 1 - ALABASTER. — THE WHEEL OF THE LAW : Buddhism illustrated from Siamese Sources by the Modern Buddhist, a Life of Buddha, and an Account of the Phra Bat. By Henry Alabaster, Esq., Interpreter of Her Majesty's Consulate-General in Siam, Member of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Page 13 - By the Rev. Canon CaUaway, MD VoL I., 8vo, pp. xiv. and 378, cloth. 1868. 16s. CALLAWAY.— THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF THE AMAZULU. Part I. — Unkulunkulu ; or, The Tradition of Creation as existing among the Amazulu and other Tribes of South Africa, in their own words, with a Translation into English, and Notes.
Page 27 - List of liooks illustrating English Dialects. Part I. Containing a General List of Dictionaries, etc. ; and a List of Books relating to some of the Counties of England.
Page 56 - Vols., post 8vo. cloth. THE POEMS OF HAFIZ OF SHIRAZ. Translated from the Persian into English Verse by EH PALMER, MA, Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge. Post 8vo.
Page 32 - Demy 4to, pp. xx. and 384, printed on fine stout plate-paper, with appropriate Oriental Bordering in gold and colour, and Illustrations by JR Herbert, RA 1875.
Page 48 - Jasan. — A SANSKRIT AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Being an Abridgment of Professor Wilson's Dictionary. With an Appendix explaining the use of Affixes in Sanskrit. By Pandit RAM JASAN, Queen's College, Benares. Published under the Patronage of the Government, NWP Royal 8vo. cloth, pp. ii. and 707. 28s.