 | 1831 - 738 pages
...the religion of the Hindoos, ' in which I have taken some pains to inform myself, really ap' pears to me the worst, both in the degrading notions which...the Deity ; in the endless round of its burdensome cere* India ; or, Faclt submitted to illustrate the Character and Condition of the Native Inhabitant;... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 648 pages
...undersoil's 'Russian Travels.' (See the article on that book in our present Number, p. 3C3.) gion. Knowing how strongly I feel on this subject, you will...or interesting its votaries ; in the filthy acts of uncleanness and cruelty not only permitted but enjoined, and inseparably interwoven with those ceremonies... | |
 | Asia - 1827 - 1164 pages
...Knowing how strongly I feel on this subject, you will not be surprised at my placing it foreiifost. But even if Christianity were out of the question,...or interesting its votaries ; in the filthy acts of uncleanness M • • ) * This passage refers to Caoma (not Cutino) ilc Кого«, of whole history... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 650 pages
...had wheeled away the rubbish of the old pagodas, I had nothing better than simple deism to erect*in their stead, I should still feel some of the anxiety...or interesting its votaries ; in the filthy acts of undeanness and cruelty not only permitted but enjoined, and inseparably interwoven with those ceremonies... | |
 | Asia - 1827 - 918 pages
...of, the religion of the Hindoos, in which I have taken some pains to inform myself, really appear« to me the worst, both in the degrading notions which...either instructing or interesting its votaries ; in tl»e filthy acts of un. cleanness • This passage refers to Csoma (not Cosmo) de Koros, of whose... | |
 | Baptists - 1827 - 676 pages
...read or beard of, the religion of the Hindoos, in which I have taken some pains to inform ym self, really appears to me the worst, both in the degrading...it gives of the Deity ; in the endless round of its bnrthensome ceremonies, which occupy the time and distract the thoughts, without either instructing... | |
 | Missions - 1827 - 670 pages
...the Hindoos, in which I have taken some pains to inform myself, really appears to me the worst — in the degrading notions which it gives of the Deity— in the endless round of its burthensome ceremonies, which occupy the time and distract the thoughts; without either instructing... | |
 | 1828 - 852 pages
...Christianity wer« out of the question, and if, when I bad 2R wheeled away the rubbish of the old pagoda», I had nothing better than simple Deism to erect in...or interesting its votaries ; in the filthy acts of uncleanness and cruelty not only permitted but enjoined, and inseparably interwoven with those ceremonies... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 852 pages
...nothing ; he was perfectly careless of power, and renown never seemed wheeled away the rubbish of the oH pagodas, I had nothing better than simple Deism to...endless round of its burdensome ceremonies, which occapy the time and distract the thoughts, without either instructing or interesting its votaries ;... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American essays - 1828 - 564 pages
...But of all idolatries which I have ever read or heard of, the religion of the Hindoos, in which I had taken some pains to inform myself, really appears...or interesting its votaries ; in the filthy acts of uncleanness and cruelty, not only permitted, but enjoined, and inseparably interwoven with those ceremonies;... | |
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It is necessary to see idolatry, to be fully sensible of its mischievous effects on the human mind. But of all idolatries which I have ever read or heard of, the religion of the Hindoos, in which I have taken some pains to inform myself, really appears... 
