A View of the Brahminical Religion: In Its Confirmation of the Truth of the Sacred History, and in Its Influence on the Moral CharacterCadell and Davies, 1810 - 325 páginas |
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... To no one , my Lord , could they be addressed with so much propriety ; since , among the many claims , which a vigorous and splendid administra- tion in India has entailed on public esteem and gratitude , it is impossi- ble to forget.
... To no one , my Lord , could they be addressed with so much propriety ; since , among the many claims , which a vigorous and splendid administra- tion in India has entailed on public esteem and gratitude , it is impossi- ble to forget.
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... : but no objector to the principles supported will have rea- son to complain , that his sentiments have been disguised by misrepre- sentation , or distorted by prejudice . 1 In the composition and publica- tion of these discourses , ii .
... : but no objector to the principles supported will have rea- son to complain , that his sentiments have been disguised by misrepre- sentation , or distorted by prejudice . 1 In the composition and publica- tion of these discourses , ii .
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... tion of these discourses , the great object has been , to establish those sound principles , which , while they include the interests of religion and morality , are the basis of all true policy ; principles , on which the British ...
... tion of these discourses , the great object has been , to establish those sound principles , which , while they include the interests of religion and morality , are the basis of all true policy ; principles , on which the British ...
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... different masters , have stubbornly repelled any attempted innova- tion , and every imposed restriction , on those peculiar tenets which they have so long revered . That the warlike tribes of Arabia and Tartary , who 10.
... different masters , have stubbornly repelled any attempted innova- tion , and every imposed restriction , on those peculiar tenets which they have so long revered . That the warlike tribes of Arabia and Tartary , who 10.
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... tion , must afford an ample field for speculation and research , To the expedition of Alexander , who opened the knowledge of India to Europe , we are natu- rally prompted to look , for the earliest information respecting the manners of ...
... tion , must afford an ample field for speculation and research , To the expedition of Alexander , who opened the knowledge of India to Europe , we are natu- rally prompted to look , for the earliest information respecting the manners of ...
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afforded ancient antiquity appear arguments Arrian Asiatic assertion astronomical attempted authority benevolence Brahmà Brahminical records Brahminical system calculation cause Cesava character Christ Christian æra Christian faith Christian heresy Christian Religion chronology Church of Rome concerning conclusion confirm corrupted dæmon degree Deity deluge derived DISCOURSE divine doctrines earth eastern world effects Egypt Egyptians equally established Ethiopia event evidence existence fables fact Gospel happiness heaven Hindoos Hindoostan Hindus human idolatry inculcates India infidelity influence inhabitants institutions Jewish knowledge less Lord mankind manner Megasthenes ment mind moral Mosaical history mythology nations native nature never object observation opinion origin Pagan passages peculiar period philosophers polytheism practical present preserved principles proofs prove Puránas purity race racter reason refined religion religious revelation sacred Sanscrit sect sentiments shew spirit Strabo superior superstition supposed supposition tenets testimony thou tion tradition truth universal Védas Vishnu worship zodiac Zoroastrian
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Página 75 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Página 34 - ... the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and of His Christ for ever and ever.
Página 160 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person.
Página 3 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 179 - And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Página 79 - God had •determined to bring upon the earth at once, " the windows of heaven were opened, and the fountains of the great deep broken up.
Página 251 - Arya couplet, which was written at least three centuries before our era, and which pronounces the duty of a good man, even in the moment of his destruction, to consist 'not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting his destroyer; as the sandal tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe which fells it...
Página 39 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Página 170 - His dominion shall be also from the . one sea to the other : and from the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the dust.