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Almorah appear ascent Asiatic Society Assam Bengal brahmans bridge Buckinghamshire Buddhist Calcutta called Capt Chumba Cirro cumuli coal copies Council crossed cultivated Darjeeling descent Devee Dhoon distance ditto ditto East eastward Eggs elevation feet above Calcutta figures forest formed Gagur gale gneiss Goomba Goth granite ground Halting height hills Himalaya hurricane Hwán Thsáng inches India Indus inscription Journal Kangra Kashmir Klaproth Kosilla Kotah Kumaoon lake Lassa latter left bank Lieut March midnight miles month mountains N. W. Ditto Nepal noon Nynee Tal observed Oriental Paid Pass Phari plain probably rain Raja range remarkable right bank river road rock route rupees sandstone Sanscrit sculpture season side Simp snow species specimens spot steep stone storm stream summit temple Thakil Tibet Tibetan tion trees valley Vedas village Vishnu Wallichia wind
Passagens conhecidas
Página 606 - And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Página 229 - Khan. Part of the force was at that moment in hot pursuit, or the ruin would have been wider. The rest ran, some to large trees which were all soon uprooted and borne away, others to rocks which were speedily buried beneath the waters. Only they escaped who took at .once to the mountain side. About five hundred of these troops were at once swept to destruction.
Página 390 - And, as occasion served, would quote, No matter whether right or wrong; They might be either said or sung. His notions fitted things so well, That which was which he could not tell, But oftentimes mistook the one For th" other, as great clerks have done.
Página 230 - Burgutt tree of many stems — time out of mind the chosen bivouac of travellers — were all lost in an instant. The men in the trees, the horses and 'mules tethered to the stems, all sunk alike into the gulf, and disappeared for ever. As a woman with a wet towel sweeps away a legion of ants, so the river blotted out the army of the Raja.
Página 177 - Yoni little appears to be understood. It may be presumed to have been nature, under the male and female forms, personified; as Siva, the sun (which he is equally with Surya) or fire, the genial heat which pervades, generates, and vivifies all ; and Bhavani, who as the goddess of nature is also the earth, the universal mother.
Página 229 - Only those escaped who took at once to the mountain side. About 500 of these troops were at once swept to destruction. The mischief was immense. Hundreds of acres of arable land were licked up and carried away by the waters. The whole of the Seesoo trees which adorned the river's banks ; the famous Burgutt tree of many stems — time out of mind the chosen bivouac of travellers — were all lost in an instant.
Página 580 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 361 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note.
Página 155 - FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN.
Página 314 - ... fame of former Kings, now behold the rising glory of the fame of King Paramardi, which like a pomegranate bursting by the swelling of its seeds, extends over the world. Seeing the gifts of this King, who gives even more than is requested...