Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... CHINA ...... AN IDEAL ART - CONGRESS . BATTLE OF THE STYLES 235 .... 319 331 GENIUS AND LIBERTY . 351 YOUTH AND SUMMER .. 361 RECORDS OF THE PAST : NINEVEH AND BABYLON ... 369 INDIA : ITS CASTES AND CREEDS .. 405 66 CHRISTOPHER NORTH ...
... CHINA ...... AN IDEAL ART - CONGRESS . BATTLE OF THE STYLES 235 .... 319 331 GENIUS AND LIBERTY . 351 YOUTH AND SUMMER .. 361 RECORDS OF THE PAST : NINEVEH AND BABYLON ... 369 INDIA : ITS CASTES AND CREEDS .. 405 66 CHRISTOPHER NORTH ...
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... China . In our ordinary atlases it figures to the eye no larger than our own country , or any of the medium- sized kingdoms of the Continent ; but in actual fact , it embraces a million and a half of square miles , and is larger than ...
... China . In our ordinary atlases it figures to the eye no larger than our own country , or any of the medium- sized kingdoms of the Continent ; but in actual fact , it embraces a million and a half of square miles , and is larger than ...
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... China ; and in every country the general crime of infanticide exists as an occasional conse- quence of illicit love . But in China it is acknowledged to be a crime , and in other countries is punished as such ; whereas in India it is ...
... China ; and in every country the general crime of infanticide exists as an occasional conse- quence of illicit love . But in China it is acknowledged to be a crime , and in other countries is punished as such ; whereas in India it is ...
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... China , in Europe , and in certain parts of India , it is among the lowest classes that infanticide prevails , as a relief from future burdens for which they deem themselves unequal . In Hindostan Proper , on the contrary , the practice ...
... China , in Europe , and in certain parts of India , it is among the lowest classes that infanticide prevails , as a relief from future burdens for which they deem themselves unequal . In Hindostan Proper , on the contrary , the practice ...
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... China . No single canal in Europe has attained to half the magnitude of this Indian work . It nearly equals the aggregate length of the four greatest canals in France ; it greatly exceeds all the first - class canals of Holland put ...
... China . No single canal in Europe has attained to half the magnitude of this Indian work . It nearly equals the aggregate length of the four greatest canals in France ; it greatly exceeds all the first - class canals of Holland put ...
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æsthetic ancient appear architecture artists Aryans Assyrian Babylon beauty become Bengal Blackwood's Magazine blue Brahmans British caste Celts centuries character China Chinese Christian Cimbri civilisation colour complexion Confucius Crown Octavo deities divine dynasty earth Edinburgh Edition emotion Emperor empire Europe European existence fact feeling festivals figures flowers Foolscap Foolscap Octavo Ganges Gaul genius Gothic architecture Government Greece Greek Himalayas Hindoo human idols India Indra influence Khonds land latter less light living mankind ment millions mind moral nations native nature never Nineveh noble object painting peculiar perfect plains poetry population present principles produced provinces Punjab race regard religion religious remarkable river Ruskin says Scotland sculpture seen Siva soul spirit style Sudra Supreme temples things thought thousand tion tribes truth vast Vedas vibrations Vishnoo Volumes whole worship yellow
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.