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Page vii
... English company of merchants , every invader has found the natives unable to oppose vigorous encroach- ment . In short , a spirited individual * , only a few years ago , deemed the pursuit of research so important , as to merit the ...
... English company of merchants , every invader has found the natives unable to oppose vigorous encroach- ment . In short , a spirited individual * , only a few years ago , deemed the pursuit of research so important , as to merit the ...
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... English miles . The ways of Pro- vidence are wonderful . In this region , which one would suppose unfriendly to animal life , it abounds to an amazing degree . The whole atmosphere swarms with wild fowl and game , while the woods are ...
... English miles . The ways of Pro- vidence are wonderful . In this region , which one would suppose unfriendly to animal life , it abounds to an amazing degree . The whole atmosphere swarms with wild fowl and game , while the woods are ...
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... English broad cloth , muslins , sarcenets , cocoa nuts ; with slaves brought down from the hills , many hundreds of whom are sold , from three to thirty years of age , at the rate of from 11. 5s . to 187. 2s . * each . This prodigious ...
... English broad cloth , muslins , sarcenets , cocoa nuts ; with slaves brought down from the hills , many hundreds of whom are sold , from three to thirty years of age , at the rate of from 11. 5s . to 187. 2s . * each . This prodigious ...
Page 24
... English broad cloth , and armed with muskets and bayonets ; but their irregulars have bows and arrows , matchlocks and hatchet swords . Their peace establishment may be about 10,000 men , but they can bring a very large army into the ...
... English broad cloth , and armed with muskets and bayonets ; but their irregulars have bows and arrows , matchlocks and hatchet swords . Their peace establishment may be about 10,000 men , but they can bring a very large army into the ...
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... English broad cloth , hardware , coarse Bengal muslins , glass , Cossimbazar silks , cocoa nuts , & c . Like the Chinese , the Birmans have no coin , silver in bullion and lead being the current monies of the country . The value of ...
... English broad cloth , hardware , coarse Bengal muslins , glass , Cossimbazar silks , cocoa nuts , & c . Like the Chinese , the Birmans have no coin , silver in bullion and lead being the current monies of the country . The value of ...
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adventurers Albuquerque ancient army attacked Aurengzebe Batavia beautiful Bengal Birmans body Bombay Brahmans British Calcutta called Cape capital Carnatic cavalry ceremonies Ceylon chief China Chinese Christian civilisation coast Colonel command commenced Company's conquest court curious David Ochterlony Deccan Delhi Dupleix Dutch Dwarka East India Company elephants emperor empire enemy English established Europe Europeans feet female force formed French Gama Ganges ghauts gold Goorcas Guzerat Hindoos Hindostan honour hope human idols inhabitants island Java king length live Lord Clive Madras magnificent Mahrattas Malabar Marquis ment miles military Mogul Mohammedans mountains Mysore nations natives nature nearly Nepaul numerous officers pagoda Peishwa Pondicherry Poonah Portugal Portuguese possession priests princes province rajah received respecting river round settlement ships situated soon Sumatra temples territories thing Thomas Hislop tion Tippo town trade tree troops Vide Addenda villages whole wild worship Zamorin
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Page 27 - Who without bloodshed or the terror of authority, Employing only the means of conciliation, confidence, and benevolence, Attempted and accomplished The entire subjection of the lawless and savage inhabitants of the...
Page 475 - Distinctions of colour are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence. In your temples, to his name the voice is raised in prayer : in a house of images, where the bell is shaken, still he is the object of adoration.
Page 474 - ... now in heaven, conducted the affairs of this empire in equity and firm security for the space of fifty-two years, preserving every tribe of men in ease and happiness; whether they were followers of Jesus, or of Moses, of David, or...
Page 436 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 127 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Page 474 - Akbar, whose throne is now in heaven, conducted the affairs of this empire in equity and firm security for the space of fifty-two years, preserving every tribe of men in ease and happiness...
Page 394 - As soon as they arrive at this place, the condemned prisoners are asked in what religion they choose to die ; and the moment they have replied to this question, the executioner seizes them, and binds them to a stake in the midst of the faggots. The day after the execution, the portraits of the dead are carried to the church of the Dominicans. The heads only are represented (which are...
Page 393 - Dominican friars, who have this honour because St. Dominic founded the Inquisition. These are followed by the prisoners, who walk one after the other, each having his godfather by his side, and a lighted taper in his hand. The least guilty go foremost ; and as I did not pass for one of them, there were many who took precedence of me. The women were mixed promiscuously with the men. We all walked barefoot, and the sharp stones of the streets of Goa wounded my tender feet, and caused the blood to stream...
Page 437 - ... two thousand feet in circumference, measured round the principal stems ; the overhanging branches, not yet struck down, cover a much larger space ; and under it grow a number of custard-apple and other fruit trees.
Page 391 - F£ was generally celebrated on the first Sunday in Advent, because on that day is read in the Churches that part of the Gospel in which mention is made of the LAST JUDGMENT ; and the Inquisitors pretend by this ceremony to exhibit a lively emblem of that awful event.