Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 3
... beginning and an end ; and this beginning and end they do not attribute to the power and will of a superior being , but merely to fate , which they call Dammatà . The world is divided into three parts , the superior , the inferior , and ...
... beginning and an end ; and this beginning and end they do not attribute to the power and will of a superior being , but merely to fate , which they call Dammatà . The world is divided into three parts , the superior , the inferior , and ...
Page 7
... beginning , and will have no end ; and they compare the system to a large wheel , to whose circumference it is impossible to assign any beginning or end . 7. Before we speak of the duration of life , enjoyed by different classes of ...
... beginning , and will have no end ; and they compare the system to a large wheel , to whose circumference it is impossible to assign any beginning or end . 7. Before we speak of the duration of life , enjoyed by different classes of ...
Page 164
... beginning of November to April , during which time the North - east wind prevails , the season is perfectly dry . Some years there is a little rain in February , but it is very gentle and never lasts long . 95. But in the kingdom of Ava ...
... beginning of November to April , during which time the North - east wind prevails , the season is perfectly dry . Some years there is a little rain in February , but it is very gentle and never lasts long . 95. But in the kingdom of Ava ...
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