Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal,: For Inquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. ... Printed Verbatim from the Calcutta Edition..J. Sewell; Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell; J. Walker; R. Lea; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Otridge and son; R. Faulder; and J. Scatcherd., 1807 |
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... offers of money : and they dreffed out " their own women in the finest ornaments and appa- " rel , in order thereby to deceive and allure the wo- " men of the believers . They did alfo put Haji's , and " other Muffulmans , to a variety ...
... offers of money : and they dreffed out " their own women in the finest ornaments and appa- " rel , in order thereby to deceive and allure the wo- " men of the believers . They did alfo put Haji's , and " other Muffulmans , to a variety ...
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... offer , but caused the Rajah to " be feized , and imprisoned ; and fent him under a guard of five hundred horfe , and two thousand in- fantry , to the fort of Calicut ; and the Rajah was " confined in his own houfe without food , and ...
... offer , but caused the Rajah to " be feized , and imprisoned ; and fent him under a guard of five hundred horfe , and two thousand in- fantry , to the fort of Calicut ; and the Rajah was " confined in his own houfe without food , and ...
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... offer no conjecture . Saca and Berbera , here mentioned , must differ from the Dwipa , and the region situated between the Cusha and Sancha Dwypas . ( 2 , ) Vulgarly , Cumár . ( 3 ) Vul garly , Tanti . ( 4 , ) Vulgarly , Baidya . ( 5 ...
... offer no conjecture . Saca and Berbera , here mentioned , must differ from the Dwipa , and the region situated between the Cusha and Sancha Dwypas . ( 2 , ) Vulgarly , Cumár . ( 3 ) Vul garly , Tanti . ( 4 , ) Vulgarly , Baidya . ( 5 ...
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... offered : Attempting force , I fuppofe , they , in number about four thoufand , fled with their effects from his country hither , where they refided four or five years , and in this interval ex- ecuted these magnificent works . The ...
... offered : Attempting force , I fuppofe , they , in number about four thoufand , fled with their effects from his country hither , where they refided four or five years , and in this interval ex- ecuted these magnificent works . The ...
Página 119
... offer up their prayers at SHOEMADOO . On the north fide of the great pagoda are three large bells , of good workmanship , fufpended near the ground , between pillars . Several deers ' horns are frewed around . Thofe who come to pay ...
... offer up their prayers at SHOEMADOO . On the north fide of the great pagoda are three large bells , of good workmanship , fufpended near the ground , between pillars . Several deers ' horns are frewed around . Thofe who come to pay ...
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Página vii - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Página vii - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Página vii - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Página ix - The work, now presented to the European world, contains abundance of curious matter extremely interesting both to speculative lawyers and antiquaries, with many beauties, which need not be pointed out, and with many blemishes, which cannot be justified or palliated. It is a system of despotism and priestcraft, both indeed limited by law, but artfully conspiring to give mutual support...
Página vii - HE gave being to time and the divisions of time, to the stars also, and to the planets, to rivers, oceans, and mountains, to level plains, and uneven valleys.
Página 161 - I made experiments, nankeen, from the ftrength and quality of its fabric, appeared the beft calculated for coating with the gum. The method I followed in performing this, was, to lay the cloth fmooth upon a table, pour the milk upon it, and with a ruler to fpread it equally. But fhould this ever be attempted on a...
Página 17 - Nayi-ea the noble rank is claimed ; ' The toils of culture and of art they scorn, ' The warrior's plumes their haughty brows adorn ; ' The shining faulchion brandish'd in the right, ' Their left arm wields the target in the fight ; ' Of danger scornful, ever armed they...
Página x - ... and the very morals, though rigid enough on the whole, are in one or two instances (as in the case of light oaths and of pious perjury) unaccountably relaxed...
Página 394 - ... about fix inches high and four in diameter in its plain furface ; this is fupported by three wooden feet, each of which is more than a foot in length. Upon the upper flat part of this machine are holes, or pits, for the larger pearls, and the fmaller ones are beat in with a wooden hammer.
Página 382 - A prince may facrifae his enemy, having firft invoked the ax with holy texts, by fubitituting a buffalo or goat, calling the victim by the name of the enemy throughout the whole ceremony.