Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India ... Observations ... Africa and South America ...Bensley, 1813 |
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... passed by without noticing the children : I asked them where was their home ; they said “ they had no home but where their mother was . " O , there is no pity at Jaggernaut ; no mercy , no tenderness of heart in Moloch's kingdom ! Those ...
... passed by without noticing the children : I asked them where was their home ; they said “ they had no home but where their mother was . " O , there is no pity at Jaggernaut ; no mercy , no tenderness of heart in Moloch's kingdom ! Those ...
Side 10
... passed round him , leaving the space clear ; and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower . A shout of joy was raised to the god ; he is said to smile when the libation of blood is made . The people threw cowries , or small ...
... passed round him , leaving the space clear ; and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower . A shout of joy was raised to the god ; he is said to smile when the libation of blood is made . The people threw cowries , or small ...
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... passing around him : the former begins with the premature death of righteous Abel , a living pattern of faith and piety , and the continuance of his murderer Cain , as a fugitive and vagabond upon the face of the earth . In ...
... passing around him : the former begins with the premature death of righteous Abel , a living pattern of faith and piety , and the continuance of his murderer Cain , as a fugitive and vagabond upon the face of the earth . In ...
Side 52
... passed the night at Ahmood , a small town which gives its name to the district ; it is built on the borders of a shady lake , and belonged half to the English and half to a Gracia rajah , between whom the revenues of the purgunna were ...
... passed the night at Ahmood , a small town which gives its name to the district ; it is built on the borders of a shady lake , and belonged half to the English and half to a Gracia rajah , between whom the revenues of the purgunna were ...
Side 53
... passing in procession through the streets by torch - light , with the usual pageantry of palanquins , led - horses , and a numerous train of attendants , were overtaken by the tempest , and fled for shelter into an old structure , which ...
... passing in procession through the streets by torch - light , with the usual pageantry of palanquins , led - horses , and a numerous train of attendants , were overtaken by the tempest , and fled for shelter into an old structure , which ...
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Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
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