Linguistic and Oriental EssaysTrübner & Company, 1880 - 484 pages |
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Alphabet ancient Arabic Arian Arianist Asia Asoka Assyrian Ayodhya Bangál betwixt Bharata Brahmanical Buddhist century character Chinese Christian Church civilisation Collector Congress Courts Cuneiform Delhi dialects district divine doubt dynasty East Egypt Egyptian Emperor empire English Euphrates Europe European existence fact faith feeling Ganges Government Greek hand Hebrew Hieratic Hindu honour human hundred Ideographs India interest island Jamná Jerusalem king kingdom knowledge known Lahore Lakshmana land language legend linguistic literature Mahometan Mesopotamia Monumental Inscriptions mountains Nának nation native Nestorian never non-Arian Oriental Panjab papyrus passed period Persian Phenician Phonetic plunder Professor provinces race Rama Ranjit Singh recorded religion religious remarkable represented river Roman sacred Sanskrit Satlaj Scholars Semitic Sikh Sitá stone Syria Tablets temple thousand tion tomb trace translation tribes valley Valmiki village Vindhya range Vishnu whole wonder words worship writing
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Page 253 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walked those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed For our advantage on the bitter cross...
Page 89 - A table richly spread, in regal mode, With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour, beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boiled, Gris-amber-steamed ; all fish from sea or shore, Freshet, or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drained Pontus, and Lucrine Bay, and Afric coast.