The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 2Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1816 |
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... considered of a class little inferior to the Nairs , or nobility of Malabar ; and the Syrian Christians informed that highly respectable character , the late Dr. Claudius Buchanan , that during the many political revolu- tions which had ...
... considered of a class little inferior to the Nairs , or nobility of Malabar ; and the Syrian Christians informed that highly respectable character , the late Dr. Claudius Buchanan , that during the many political revolu- tions which had ...
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... considered as in- curable ; the other kinds are distributed among the soldiers on going to After having proved mortal to many of the Dutch soldiers in Amboyna and Ma- cassar , they finally discovered an almost infallible remedy in the ...
... considered as in- curable ; the other kinds are distributed among the soldiers on going to After having proved mortal to many of the Dutch soldiers in Amboyna and Ma- cassar , they finally discovered an almost infallible remedy in the ...
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... considered as a new thing ; but it is evident , that neither of these gentlemen is correct . It has again been held by others , that tea was unknown in 1660 , because it is not to be found among the established arti- cles of import ...
... considered as a new thing ; but it is evident , that neither of these gentlemen is correct . It has again been held by others , that tea was unknown in 1660 , because it is not to be found among the established arti- cles of import ...
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... considered as their immediate head . The Bettiah church is under the authority of a very venerable priest , a Fa- ther Rimualdo , upwards of eighty years of age . He is a truly respectable man , and highly beloved by all those of whom ...
... considered as their immediate head . The Bettiah church is under the authority of a very venerable priest , a Fa- ther Rimualdo , upwards of eighty years of age . He is a truly respectable man , and highly beloved by all those of whom ...
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... considered experimen- tal , and subject to future revision and al teration if found necessary . G. W. GARDINER , Sec . to Govt . Mil . Dept. ' General Orders by his Excellency the ' Right Honourable the Governor Gene- ral in Council ...
... considered experimen- tal , and subject to future revision and al teration if found necessary . G. W. GARDINER , Sec . to Govt . Mil . Dept. ' General Orders by his Excellency the ' Right Honourable the Governor Gene- ral in Council ...
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Page 92 - For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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Page 324 - A command over our passions, and over the external senses of the body, and good acts, are declared by the Ved to be indispensable in the mind's approximation to God.
Page 275 - Providence at this interval gave to my anxious' wishes the usual land wind, common in this bay, and my expectations were completed. We were all hands employed warping and towing off, and by the help of the light air, the whole were under sail, and came to anchor out of reach of shells, about two in the morning, after twelve hours
Page 140 - In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between the two States, it is agreed that accredited Ministers from each shall reside at the Court of the other.
Page 275 - The sloops of war which had been appropriated to aid and assist the ships of the line and prepare for their retreat, performed not only that duty well, but embraced every opportunity of firing through the intervals, and were constantly in motion. The shells from the bombs were admirably well thrown by the royal marine artillery; and although thrown directly across and over us, not an accident, that I know of, occurred to any ship.
Page 140 - Singh engages never to take, or retain, in his service any British subject, nor the subject of any European or American State, without the consent of the British Government.
Page 249 - To bear equally with Holland such further charges as may be agreed upon between the said High Contracting Parties and their allies towards the final and satisfactory settlement of the Low Countries in union with Holland, and under the dominion of the House of Orange, not exceeding in the whole the sum of 3,000,000/., to be defrayed by Great Britain.
Page 278 - Sir Charles Penrose arrived too late to take his share in the attack upon Algiers, which I lament, as much on his account as my own ; his services would have been desirable in every respect.
Page 129 - The Botanist's Companion; or an Introduction to the Knowledge of Practical Botany, and the Uses of Plants, either growing wild in Great Britain, or cultivated for the Purposes of Agriculture, Medicine, Rural Economy, or the Arts, on a new Plan.