The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Band 3James Silk Buckingham 1824 |
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... command of their King in person , once more invaded the kingdom of Ava , and were again repulsed by Alompra , after a desperate struggle , in which the utmost personal cou- rage was evinced on both sides . The Pegu King , and his ...
... command of their King in person , once more invaded the kingdom of Ava , and were again repulsed by Alompra , after a desperate struggle , in which the utmost personal cou- rage was evinced on both sides . The Pegu King , and his ...
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... commands of his father . Two considerable armies were embodied for the invasion of that country , which , entering it ... command of Pieticksing , a relation of the King , and a man of considerable ability , and easily displaced the new ...
... commands of his father . Two considerable armies were embodied for the invasion of that country , which , entering it ... command of Pieticksing , a relation of the King , and a man of considerable ability , and easily displaced the new ...
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... command of three Princes of the Blood , penetrated into Arracan by the defiles of the mountains , while a fourth effected a landing on the coast . A single battle decided the fate of the country ; the Rajah was taken prisoner , and sent ...
... command of three Princes of the Blood , penetrated into Arracan by the defiles of the mountains , while a fourth effected a landing on the coast . A single battle decided the fate of the country ; the Rajah was taken prisoner , and sent ...
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... command of General Erskine , to the protection of the district . On the approach of these troops , the Burman General waited in person on the British Commander , in order to explain to him the enormity of the offence with which the ...
... command of General Erskine , to the protection of the district . On the approach of these troops , the Burman General waited in person on the British Commander , in order to explain to him the enormity of the offence with which the ...
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... command that not a single paper should be issued , so that the whole of the impression was lost and destroyed : we had never yet been able to give our readers the offensive passage of the announcement of this revival , which it appears ...
... command that not a single paper should be issued , so that the whole of the impression was lost and destroyed : we had never yet been able to give our readers the offensive passage of the announcement of this revival , which it appears ...
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Seite 508 - I call therefore a complete and generous Education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Seite 230 - Obscure they went through dreary shades, that led Along the waste dominions of the dead. Thus wander travellers in woods by night, By the moon's doubtful and malignant light, When Jove in dusky clouds involves the skies, ^ And the faint crescent shoots by fits before their eyes.
Seite 378 - Thou, therefore, that sittest in light and glory unapproachable, Parent of angels and men ! next, thee I implore, Omnipotent King, Redeemer of that lost remnant, whose nature thou didst assume, ineffable and everlasting Love! and thou, the third subsistence of Divine infinitude, illumining Spirit, the joy and solace of created things I one Tripersonal Godhead ! look upon this thy poor and almost spent and expiring Church...
Seite 379 - But in the latter part of his life he was not a professed member of any particular sect among Christians; he frequented none of their assemblies, nor made use of their peculiar rites in his family.
Seite 377 - The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home : Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Seite 95 - While your Memorialists were indulging the hope that Government, from a conviction of the manifold advantages of being put in possession of full and impartial information regarding what is passing in all parts of the Country, would encourage the establishment of Newspapers in the cities and districts under the special patronage and protection of Government, that they might furnish the Supreme Authorities in Calcutta with an accurate account of local occurrences and reports of Judicial proceedings,...
Seite 377 - He wrote likewise a System of Divinity, but whether intended for public view, or collected merely for his own use, I cannot determine. It was in the hands of his friend, Cyriac Skinner; and where at present is uncertain.
Seite 377 - The next work after this was the writing from his own dictation, some part, from time to time, of a tractate which he thought fit to collect from the ablest of divines who had written of that subject: Amesius, Wollebius, &c., viz. A Perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter.
Seite 115 - If our motives of action are worthy, it must be wise to render them intelligible throughout an empire, our hold on which is opinion.
Seite 83 - Committee, that it is the duty of this country to promote the interest and happiness of the native inhabitants of the British dominions in India, and that such measures -ought to be adopted, as may tend to the introduction among them of useful knowledge, and of religious and moral improvement.