Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. Between the Years 1821 and 1829, 3. köideCrocker and Brewster, 1832 |
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... raised upon bamboos , to the height of about ten or twelve feet . In this watch - tower a man takes his station , holding in both of his hands the ends of forty or fifty strings , which diverge in all directions , to the extremity of ...
... raised upon bamboos , to the height of about ten or twelve feet . In this watch - tower a man takes his station , holding in both of his hands the ends of forty or fifty strings , which diverge in all directions , to the extremity of ...
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... raised upon a stone pedestal , cov- ered with rich silk , and wreathed with perennial garlands of flowers that never die , though it cannot be said that they never fade , being artificial , and very pretty for the work of mortal hands ...
... raised upon a stone pedestal , cov- ered with rich silk , and wreathed with perennial garlands of flowers that never die , though it cannot be said that they never fade , being artificial , and very pretty for the work of mortal hands ...
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... raised four steps from the ground , and supported by pillars , low and open on all sides . As we ap- proached the presence , his majesty rose up , and advanced to the margin of the platform , where he took the hands of gen- eral de Kock ...
... raised four steps from the ground , and supported by pillars , low and open on all sides . As we ap- proached the presence , his majesty rose up , and advanced to the margin of the platform , where he took the hands of gen- eral de Kock ...
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... raising the edges as with a touch ; then throwing the one or the other over the shoulder , or the arm , or passing them , as veils , be- fore the face . The richly - ornamented cloth , also , that girt the loins , had a long corner ...
... raising the edges as with a touch ; then throwing the one or the other over the shoulder , or the arm , or passing them , as veils , be- fore the face . The richly - ornamented cloth , also , that girt the loins , had a long corner ...
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... raised on a platform , five feet above the ground , in front of the temple . Here sat the chief priest , cross - legged , - upon a chair , with a table before him , apparently reading most devoutly from an opened volume upon it . Four ...
... raised on a platform , five feet above the ground , in front of the temple . Here sat the chief priest , cross - legged , - upon a chair , with a table before him , apparently reading most devoutly from an opened volume upon it . Four ...
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afterwards Allahabad appearance arrived attend bamboo Batavia beautiful Belgaum Bellary Benares boat body boys Brahmins Calcutta called Canton cast chapel Chinese Chinsurah Christian church cloth congregation consisting corpse Cuddapah deputation Doorga eight elephant English European exceedingly eyes feet females festival five four friends Ganges girls gospel ground hands head heathen hills Hindoo hundred idol inches inhabitants island Kidderpore kind king labors land language length Lord's day Madagascar Madras Mahommedan Malacca Malays miles MISSIONS IN SOUTH morning multitudes Nagercoil native nearly neighborhood ornaments pagodas palace palanquins Patna persons pious population Port Louis Portuguese preach present principal Quilon Radama received residence respectable rice river roof rupees sacred schools Scriptures seen Serampore side Society SOUTH INDIA stands streets Tamil language temple thing thousand tion town Trawin trees twenty Tyerman vessel village Vizagapatam whole worship
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Page 291 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 40 - Ruler in and over the conscience ; for to this end Christ died, rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living...
Page 247 - the dark places of *« the earth are full of the habitations of
Page 44 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page iii - Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, Even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous.
Page 291 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move; Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile.
Page 98 - We found Dr. CAREY in his study ; and we were both pleased and struck with his primitive, and we may say, apostolical appearance. He is short of stature ; his hair white ; his countenance equally bland and benevolent in feature and expression. Two Hindoo men were sitting by, engaged in painting some small subjects in natural history, of which the, doctor, a man of pure taste and highly intellectual cast of feeling, irrespective of his more learned pursuits, has a choice collection, both in specimens...
Page 210 - To the north and south as» far as the eye can reach, the region is of low relief and of rather monotonous appearance. Having returned to camp, we followed the route in a southeasterly direction over an open jackpine plain to a small lake, from which a portage of about two miles leads to another small lake. From the north shore of this lake...
Page 71 - ... which a brilliant angular ornament hung over her forehead and between her eye-brows. She stood in a modest and graceful attitude, having her eyes fixed on the floor, though she occasionally raised them, with a glance of timid curiosity, towards the spectators. Her hands...
Page 128 - Then take the dimensions from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...