Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and During the Period of His Residence in England. To which is Prefixed a Preliminary Dissertation on the History, Religion, and Manners, of the Hindoos |
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... Still , however , the writers in every branch of Oriental literature , have to con- tend with disadvantages , too numerous and too powerful to be easily overcome . The names of the Heroes of Greece and Rome , are rendered familiar at a ...
... Still , however , the writers in every branch of Oriental literature , have to con- tend with disadvantages , too numerous and too powerful to be easily overcome . The names of the Heroes of Greece and Rome , are rendered familiar at a ...
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... still more fully anfwered , and my wishes more complete- ly fulfilled . That part of Afia , known to Europeans by the name of Hindooftan , extends from the mountains of Thibet on the North , to the fea on the South , and from the ri ...
... still more fully anfwered , and my wishes more complete- ly fulfilled . That part of Afia , known to Europeans by the name of Hindooftan , extends from the mountains of Thibet on the North , to the fea on the South , and from the ri ...
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... still warm afhes of the venerable Pun- dit ; who was the guide and the instructor of our tender years . Twice , in perform- ance of that vow , have I effayed to fend the promised information , and twice have my intentions been ...
... still warm afhes of the venerable Pun- dit ; who was the guide and the instructor of our tender years . Twice , in perform- ance of that vow , have I effayed to fend the promised information , and twice have my intentions been ...
Page 119
... still remain in that , which they have left , with the utmost con- tempt , breaking off all connexion with them , and frequently denying ( particularly in the prefence of other people of fashion ) that they ever had any acquaintance ...
... still remain in that , which they have left , with the utmost con- tempt , breaking off all connexion with them , and frequently denying ( particularly in the prefence of other people of fashion ) that they ever had any acquaintance ...
Page 205
... still more interefting . As an example , I shall only attempt to describe to you a few of those features , in the character of one young Officer , from which you may form some idea of the many fubjects of wonder with which a stranger is ...
... still more interefting . As an example , I shall only attempt to describe to you a few of those features , in the character of one young Officer , from which you may form some idea of the many fubjects of wonder with which a stranger is ...
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affertion affured Afgan againſt Almora aſtoniſh beautiful Benares bleffings bofom Brahma Bramin Caft Captain Grey cauſe Chriftians Chunar cife converfation delight drefs Engliſh eſtabliſhed eyes facred faid fame fave favour fect feemed feen female fent feven fhall fhould fifter firft firſt fituation fmiles fociety fome foon forrow foul fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftrangers fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fuppofed fure Gentoo Goddeſs happineſs heart Hiftory himſelf Hindoftan Hindoo houſe inftruction itſelf learned lefs letter liften Maandaara mind moft moſt Muffulman muft muſt myſelf nefs obferved paffage paffions Percy Perfian perfon philofophers pleaſure poffeffion poffible Poojah of cards prefent preferve puniſhment purpoſe Rajah reafon refpect religion Rohilla ſcene Shafter ſhall Sir William Jones ſome ſpeak ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranflated underſtanding univerfal uſeful veda vifit virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom worſhip young Zaarmilla
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