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... Mussulman sovereigns and usurpers were even more abso- lute than those of the Hindûs , on whom the sacerdotal class was always a considerable check , the changes were still more sudden and violent ; so that , before the arrival of the ...
... Mussulman sovereigns and usurpers were even more abso- lute than those of the Hindûs , on whom the sacerdotal class was always a considerable check , the changes were still more sudden and violent ; so that , before the arrival of the ...
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... Mussulman India at present , as I think I should but ill perform your wishes if I neglected to preface it with that of the most ancient posses- sors of the soil that we are acquainted with , and there are besides some interesting topics ...
... Mussulman India at present , as I think I should but ill perform your wishes if I neglected to preface it with that of the most ancient posses- sors of the soil that we are acquainted with , and there are besides some interesting topics ...
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... Mussulman monarchs , particularly Aureng Zebe in the 17th century , and Tippoo Sultaun in our own times , employed European engineers in constructing works for the defence of their principal cities .薛 On the coast of India you will ...
... Mussulman monarchs , particularly Aureng Zebe in the 17th century , and Tippoo Sultaun in our own times , employed European engineers in constructing works for the defence of their principal cities .薛 On the coast of India you will ...
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Lady Maria Callcott. which desolated that country for some time previous to the Mussulman invasion , or were borrowed from some of the savage tribes who occasionally made their inroads from the North . Some other circumstances seem to ...
Lady Maria Callcott. which desolated that country for some time previous to the Mussulman invasion , or were borrowed from some of the savage tribes who occasionally made their inroads from the North . Some other circumstances seem to ...
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... Mussulman ; and if you will read Bernier , who accompanied Aureng Zebe in a journey to that delightful country , you will find the French physician as enthu- siastic an admirer of it as the Mogul historian . All Cashmere is holy ground ...
... Mussulman ; and if you will read Bernier , who accompanied Aureng Zebe in a journey to that delightful country , you will find the French physician as enthu- siastic an admirer of it as the Mogul historian . All Cashmere is holy ground ...
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Page 108 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 99 - The Fiend looked up, and knew His mounted scale aloft : Nor more ; but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.
Page 366 - Heaven shall burst her starry gates again ! He comes! dread Brama shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven's fiery horse, beneath his warrior form. Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm ! Wide waves his flickering sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns, and light the world below! Earth, and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed, Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread!
Page 6 - Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view : Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm; Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable — Hesperian fables true, If true, here only — and of delicious taste.
Page 83 - Artaxerxes' throne; To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear, From heaven descended to the low-roofed house Of Socrates, see there his tenement, Whom well inspired the oracle pronounced Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth Mellifluous streams that watered all the schools Of Academics old and new, with those Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect Epicurean, and the Stoic severe...
Page 131 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 81 - Anchises then, in order, thus begun To clear those wonders to his godlike son: "Know, first, that heav'n, and earth's compacted frame, And flowing waters, and the starry flame, And both the radiant lights, one common soul Inspires and feeds — and animates the whole. This active mind, infus'd through all the space, Unites and mingles with the mighty mass.
Page 79 - Who knows exactly, and who shall in this world declare, whence and why this creation took place ? The gods are subsequent to the production of this world: then who can know whence it proceeded ? or whence this varied world arose ? or whether it uphold [itself], or not ? He who, in the highest heaven, is the ruler of this universe, does indeed know; but not another can possess that knowledge.
Page 143 - Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting their solitary caves, The lonely sound of winds, that moan around Accordant to the melancholy waves.
Page 314 - Achilles? (thus the phantom said:) Sleeps my Achilles, his Patroclus dead? Living, I seem'd his dearest, tenderest care, But now forgot, I wander in the air. Let my pale corse the rites of burial know, And give me entrance in the realms below: Till then the spirit finds no resting-place, But here and there the unbodied spectres chase The vagrant dead around the dark abode, Forbid to cross the irremeable flood.