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 |
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Page 86
... attend his funeral as a demonstration of their affectionate respect . Thus he proved a striking contrast to the ruined spendthrift who subsequently becomes an inveterate miser . There was in him a display of systematic and benevolent ...
... attend his funeral as a demonstration of their affectionate respect . Thus he proved a striking contrast to the ruined spendthrift who subsequently becomes an inveterate miser . There was in him a display of systematic and benevolent ...
Page 88
... attend the Catholic worship , so objectionable to the Protestant communion in general , were not deemed by them striking enough to make a sufficient impression on the gross minds of the Hindoos . They , in conse- quence , encumbered the ...
... attend the Catholic worship , so objectionable to the Protestant communion in general , were not deemed by them striking enough to make a sufficient impression on the gross minds of the Hindoos . They , in conse- quence , encumbered the ...
Page 125
... attended college to prepare for ministerial services in the church . A printing press had also been established , from which the sacred Scriptures ( trans- lations ) , native works , and religious tracts , conti- nued to issue and ...
... attended college to prepare for ministerial services in the church . A printing press had also been established , from which the sacred Scriptures ( trans- lations ) , native works , and religious tracts , conti- nued to issue and ...
Page 138
... attended with skill and kindness , provided by a liberal government . I have lain for hours upon my Indian cot , and listened night after night , and two hours after the midnight watch , through successive weeks , to the melancholy and ...
... attended with skill and kindness , provided by a liberal government . I have lain for hours upon my Indian cot , and listened night after night , and two hours after the midnight watch , through successive weeks , to the melancholy and ...
Page 157
... as participators of the sacrifice and the virtues of the offering ; the eldest son kindles the wood , and the mother and the daughters attend the fatal scene . Muchta Bhye , the daughter of a princess , had WOMAN IN INDIA . 157.
... as participators of the sacrifice and the virtues of the offering ; the eldest son kindles the wood , and the mother and the daughters attend the fatal scene . Muchta Bhye , the daughter of a princess , had WOMAN IN INDIA . 157.
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