Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 82
... inhabitants of the country to the sword , for the sole offence of refusing to preserve life at the price of abjuring their religion . The accounts given by eastern historians of the wealth found by him , though they must appear fabulous ...
... inhabitants of the country to the sword , for the sole offence of refusing to preserve life at the price of abjuring their religion . The accounts given by eastern historians of the wealth found by him , though they must appear fabulous ...
Page 88
... inhabitants of colder regions ; and the prices of things necessary for food and raiment , are cheaper than in almost any other part of the polished world . The principal food of the Hindus is rice , vegeta- bles , and milk ; those who ...
... inhabitants of colder regions ; and the prices of things necessary for food and raiment , are cheaper than in almost any other part of the polished world . The principal food of the Hindus is rice , vegeta- bles , and milk ; those who ...
Page 146
... inhabitants of the country . Ho- mer ascribes to it the quality of producing forgetfulness ; but this must be considered as a poetical figure , to express the happi- ness of a people , furnished with a delicious aliment , without the ...
... inhabitants of the country . Ho- mer ascribes to it the quality of producing forgetfulness ; but this must be considered as a poetical figure , to express the happi- ness of a people , furnished with a delicious aliment , without the ...
Page 156
... inhabitants used both its seed and root as articles of food ; and he adds , that the seed resembled that of the poppy , and that the root was round , and about the size of an ordinary apple . † If we admit this statement of the father ...
... inhabitants used both its seed and root as articles of food ; and he adds , that the seed resembled that of the poppy , and that the root was round , and about the size of an ordinary apple . † If we admit this statement of the father ...
Page 158
... inhabitants of Hindustan to write on their polished paper . ” * Durva , called likewise Amanta , belongs to the genus Agrostis of Linnæus . " Its flowers , in their perfect state , are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world ...
... inhabitants of Hindustan to write on their polished paper . ” * Durva , called likewise Amanta , belongs to the genus Agrostis of Linnæus . " Its flowers , in their perfect state , are among the loveliest objects in the vegetable world ...
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