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... Presidency , of Bombay ; No. 1 , for 1856-7 . Printed by order of Government . VI . BURTON'S PILGRIMAGE TO EL - MEDINAH AND MECCAH ..... Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El - Medinah and Meccah . By RICHARD F. BURTON , Lieutenant ...
... Presidency , of Bombay ; No. 1 , for 1856-7 . Printed by order of Government . VI . BURTON'S PILGRIMAGE TO EL - MEDINAH AND MECCAH ..... Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El - Medinah and Meccah . By RICHARD F. BURTON , Lieutenant ...
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... PRESIDENCY ..... ............ . 1. Copy of a Despatch from the Court of Directors of the East India Company to the Governor- General of India in Council , dated July 19th , 1854 . 2. Papers relating to the Examination held at the ...
... PRESIDENCY ..... ............ . 1. Copy of a Despatch from the Court of Directors of the East India Company to the Governor- General of India in Council , dated July 19th , 1854 . 2. Papers relating to the Examination held at the ...
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... Presidency be it said , she offers a Quarterly Review to the anxious candidate ; but he shrinks in dismay from the imposing title . What has ho ( whose forte is light literature ) to do with a serious Quarterly ? He fears it will cramp ...
... Presidency be it said , she offers a Quarterly Review to the anxious candidate ; but he shrinks in dismay from the imposing title . What has ho ( whose forte is light literature ) to do with a serious Quarterly ? He fears it will cramp ...
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... Presidency ? According to Mr. Acland , a young lady feeds at two , and sleeps till six o'clock in the evening , when , it is to be presumed , she partakes of another heavy meal , and then deliberately goes to bed again till the ...
... Presidency ? According to Mr. Acland , a young lady feeds at two , and sleeps till six o'clock in the evening , when , it is to be presumed , she partakes of another heavy meal , and then deliberately goes to bed again till the ...
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... Presidency , families still cling to bullock gharees and other almost exploded superstitions . These they keep in addition to the usual horse - carriage . They are sadly trying to the nerves , and aggravating to the temper , -to the ...
... Presidency , families still cling to bullock gharees and other almost exploded superstitions . These they keep in addition to the usual horse - carriage . They are sadly trying to the nerves , and aggravating to the temper , -to the ...
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Page 409 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 379 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Page 380 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 379 - My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Page 367 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Page 236 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery.
Page 388 - Almost all the relative duties of human life will be found more immediately, or more remotely, to arise out of the two great institutions of property and marriage. They constitute, preserve, and improve society. Upon their gradual improvement depends the progressive civilization of mankind ; on them rests the whole order of civil life.
Page 261 - If ye make your alms to appear, it is well; but if ye conceal them, and give them unto the poor, this will be better for you, and will atone for your sins: and GOD is well informed of that which ye do. The direction of them belongeth not unto thee; but GOD directeth whom he pleaseth. The good that ye shall give in alms shall redound unto yourselves; and ye shall not give unless out of desire of seeing the face of GOD.
Page 174 - The same rites which are now accomplished by the faithful Mussulman, were invented and practised by the superstition of the idolaters. At an awful distance they cast away their garments : seven times, with hasty steps, they encircled the Caaba, and kissed the black stone : seven times they visited and adored the adjacent mountains : seven times they threw stones into the valley of Mina ; and the pilgrimage was achieved, as at the present...
Page 323 - Among many subjects of importance none can have a stronger claim on our attention than that of education. It is one of our most sacred duties to be the means, as far as in us lies, of conferring upon natives of India those vast moral and material blessings which flow from the diffusion of useful knowledge, and which India may, under Providence, derive from her connection with England.