The Bombay Quarterly Review, Volume 4Smith, Taylor, & Company, 1856 |
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... whole scene suggested . That radiant land , we thought , has had restored to her the energy of early youth , by the unselfish policy of her Saxon conquerors . We and those around us were to share in the government of teeming millions ...
... whole scene suggested . That radiant land , we thought , has had restored to her the energy of early youth , by the unselfish policy of her Saxon conquerors . We and those around us were to share in the government of teeming millions ...
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... whole time I am there . In a few minutes , in comes the lady , in clothes hanging loosely around her ; she probably does not wear stays in the morning ; her dress is white muslin , and her face , as well as those of her children , if ...
... whole time I am there . In a few minutes , in comes the lady , in clothes hanging loosely around her ; she probably does not wear stays in the morning ; her dress is white muslin , and her face , as well as those of her children , if ...
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... whole length of the room is a long table laid for dinner , round which we must wind to get to the opposite door leading into the drawing - room . Here are a number of ladies seated on one side the room , on the other side the gentlemen ...
... whole length of the room is a long table laid for dinner , round which we must wind to get to the opposite door leading into the drawing - room . Here are a number of ladies seated on one side the room , on the other side the gentlemen ...
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... whole course of our Indian experience did we sit down to such a startling repast as that with which Mr. Acland was entertained . The tortures which the good lady who presided over that outrageous feast must have endured in her efforts ...
... whole course of our Indian experience did we sit down to such a startling repast as that with which Mr. Acland was entertained . The tortures which the good lady who presided over that outrageous feast must have endured in her efforts ...
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... whole affair . Unrefreshed by his drive , smarting under vision- ary ills inflicted by his driver , his shirt collars depressed and of a sky - blue colour , his handkerchief left in the cart , and his fore- head damp with perspiration ...
... whole affair . Unrefreshed by his drive , smarting under vision- ary ills inflicted by his driver , his shirt collars depressed and of a sky - blue colour , his handkerchief left in the cart , and his fore- head damp with perspiration ...
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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.