Continental India: Travelling Sketches and Historical Recollections [1822-1835] Illustrating the Antiquity, Religion and Manners of the Hindoos, the Extent of British Conquests, and the Progress of Missionary Operations, 2. köideT. Ward & Company, 1840 - 478 pages |
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Page 100
... province that he occupied , properly called Tirunelvelli , contained about 800,000 inhabitants , many of whom were idolaters ; a large number of Mohammedans were dispersed throughout the dis- trict ; about 20,000 were Roman Catholics ...
... province that he occupied , properly called Tirunelvelli , contained about 800,000 inhabitants , many of whom were idolaters ; a large number of Mohammedans were dispersed throughout the dis- trict ; about 20,000 were Roman Catholics ...
Page 124
... province . The liturgy of the church of England was also introduced in the same language into the services of several congregations . At Cotym a Brahminical college of celebrity had existed long before , and another had been recently ...
... province . The liturgy of the church of England was also introduced in the same language into the services of several congregations . At Cotym a Brahminical college of celebrity had existed long before , and another had been recently ...
Page 175
... province of India : - " The unfortunate brahminee , of her own accord , had ascended the funeral pile of her husband's bones , but finding the torture of the fire more than she could bear , by a violent struggle she threw herself from ...
... province of India : - " The unfortunate brahminee , of her own accord , had ascended the funeral pile of her husband's bones , but finding the torture of the fire more than she could bear , by a violent struggle she threw herself from ...
Page 176
... provinces , and then in the other British territories , is still offered in other parts of India . Six months ago , four wives and seven slave concubines of Runjeet Singh , perished in the flames of his funeral pile at Lahore . 176 ...
... provinces , and then in the other British territories , is still offered in other parts of India . Six months ago , four wives and seven slave concubines of Runjeet Singh , perished in the flames of his funeral pile at Lahore . 176 ...
Page 185
... province as despotic as is the sovereign , so they each protect those who are inferior only that they may become a more abun- dant preserve for themselves ; and , descending to the lowest gradations in society , it is a contest between ...
... province as despotic as is the sovereign , so they each protect those who are inferior only that they may become a more abun- dant preserve for themselves ; and , descending to the lowest gradations in society , it is a contest between ...
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