The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, Volumen18Parbury, Allen, and Company, 1824 |
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... observations of the Diurnal variation taken at Fort Marlborough and St. Helena , as published in the Transactions of ... observed at St. He- lena , where it now appears , that the magnetic needle did not point pre- cisely to either of ...
... observations of the Diurnal variation taken at Fort Marlborough and St. Helena , as published in the Transactions of ... observed at St. He- lena , where it now appears , that the magnetic needle did not point pre- cisely to either of ...
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... observed , that in proportion as the people are civilized , our intercourse with the islands will become more general , more secure , and more advantageous ; that the native riches of the countries which they inhabit seem inexhaustible ...
... observed , that in proportion as the people are civilized , our intercourse with the islands will become more general , more secure , and more advantageous ; that the native riches of the countries which they inhabit seem inexhaustible ...
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... observed gene- rally with regard to Mahomedanism in the Eastern Islands , that although the more respectable part of the population pay some attention to its forms as the esta- blished religion of the country , they are far more ...
... observed gene- rally with regard to Mahomedanism in the Eastern Islands , that although the more respectable part of the population pay some attention to its forms as the esta- blished religion of the country , they are far more ...
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... observed that the daughters are considered to form a part of the property of the father , and are only to be purchased from him by the suitor at a price exceed ing the usual means of the men . effects of education may be expected to be ...
... observed that the daughters are considered to form a part of the property of the father , and are only to be purchased from him by the suitor at a price exceed ing the usual means of the men . effects of education may be expected to be ...
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... observed at the India House previous to an officer's leaving England for the purpose of rejoining his regiment . Extract from General Orders by his Ex- cellency the Most Noble the Governor- General in Council . Fort William , July 5 ...
... observed at the India House previous to an officer's leaving England for the purpose of rejoining his regiment . Extract from General Orders by his Ex- cellency the Most Noble the Governor- General in Council . Fort William , July 5 ...
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Página 285 - Committee that it is the duty of this country to promote the interests and happiness of the native inhabitants of the British dominions in India, and that such measures ought to be adopted as may tend to the introduction among them of useful knowledge, and of religious and moral improvement.
Página 62 - WILLIAMS WYNN, MP, President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The...
Página 21 - Let it still be the boast of Britain to write her name in characters of light ; let her not be remembered as the tempest whose course was desolation, but as the gale of spring, reviving the slumbering seeds of mind, and calling them to life from the winter of ignorance and oppression.
Página 290 - One topic remains — my removal of restrictions from the press, has been mentioned in laudatory language. I might easily have adopted that procedure without any length of cautious consideration, from my habit of regarding the freedom of publication as a natural right of my fellow-subjects, to be narrowed only by special and urgent cause assigned.
Página 192 - Animadversions on the measures and proceedings of the Honourable Court of Directors, or other public authorities in England, connected with the Government of India, or disquisitions on political transactions of the local administration, or offensive remarks levelled at the public conduct of the Members of the Council, of the Judges of the Supreme Court, or of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta.
Página 223 - Bell, our medical friend who had accompanied us, had saved their coats ; but the tail of mine, with a pocket handkerchief, served to keep Sophia's feet warm, and we made breeches for the children with our neckcloths. Rain now came on, but fortunately it was not of long continuance, and we got dry again. The night became serene and star-light...
Página 222 - We were, perhaps, too happy, for in the evening came a sad reverse. Sophia had just gone to bed, and I had thrown off half my clothes, when a cry of ' Fire, fire !' roused us from our calm content, and in five minutes the whole ship was in flames ! I ran to examine whence the flames principally issued, and found that the fire had its origin immediately under our cabin. Down with the boats ; where is Sophia ? here ; the children ? here; a rope ; the side ; lower Lady Raffles — Give her to me, says...
Página 134 - I slept tolerably well, although I was obliged to get up five or six times during the night to take a walk or run for the benefit of my feet. While thus employed, I discovered that the Yakuti had drawn the fire from our side to theirs, a trick which I determined to counteract the next night.
Página 100 - Esq. surgeon extraordinary to the King, and Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
Página 134 - The Yakuti then with their axes proceeded to fell timber, while I and the Cossack with our lopatkas, or wooden spades, cleared away the snow which was generally a couple of feet deep. We then spread branches of the pine tree, to fortify us from the damp or cold earth beneath us: a good fire was now soon made, and each bringing a leathern bag from the baggage, furnished himself with a seat. We then put the kettle on the fire, and soon forgot the sufferings of the day.