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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... pleasure in fighting their battles over again ; while I have enjoyed from the humbler ranks , pleasures of a higher order , when in sacred and prayerful fellow- ship we have drawn near to the throne of a common Lord , and fixed our ...
... pleasure in fighting their battles over again ; while I have enjoyed from the humbler ranks , pleasures of a higher order , when in sacred and prayerful fellow- ship we have drawn near to the throne of a common Lord , and fixed our ...
Page 46
... pleasure , because one of his representations , or most sacred images , had been left deposited in the mud at the bottom of his tank . A great solemnity was proclaimed ; vast preparations , and even the civil authorities of the district ...
... pleasure , because one of his representations , or most sacred images , had been left deposited in the mud at the bottom of his tank . A great solemnity was proclaimed ; vast preparations , and even the civil authorities of the district ...
Page 48
... pleasure of the donor . The priest then conducted the worshippers , with a light in his hand , round the sanctuary of the idol ; and having laid aside their turbans and outer garments , lest they should be soiled , they proceeded to ...
... pleasure of the donor . The priest then conducted the worshippers , with a light in his hand , round the sanctuary of the idol ; and having laid aside their turbans and outer garments , lest they should be soiled , they proceeded to ...
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... pleasure in serving God as he does . I an- ticipate the time when he will be very useful in the cause of religion . It is not likely I shall have the opportunity of seeing you again , as we are under orders to march for embarkation at a ...
... pleasure in serving God as he does . I an- ticipate the time when he will be very useful in the cause of religion . It is not likely I shall have the opportunity of seeing you again , as we are under orders to march for embarkation at a ...
Page 68
... pleasures in the garden such as are enjoyed by the Moslem . In the Sautghur garden , Mohammedans delight to ... pleasure . The beauty of the scenery is re- freshing after the arid monotony of the level regions below . It is not ...
... pleasures in the garden such as are enjoyed by the Moslem . In the Sautghur garden , Mohammedans delight to ... pleasure . The beauty of the scenery is re- freshing after the arid monotony of the level regions below . It is not ...
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