Six Months in India, Volym 1Longmans, Green, 1868 |
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... caused by coaling , which involves a perfect babel of discordant voices , with dust and dirt in every direction , the calm evening beauty of the scene around us was most refreshing to the spirit . Withdrawing the attention from Steamer ...
... caused by coaling , which involves a perfect babel of discordant voices , with dust and dirt in every direction , the calm evening beauty of the scene around us was most refreshing to the spirit . Withdrawing the attention from Steamer ...
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... caused the accident . Not wishing to alarm the passengers , nothing was done on that day to remedy the mischief . It was therefore very startling during the night to find the vessel stop , and hammering con- tinued for a couple of hours ...
... caused the accident . Not wishing to alarm the passengers , nothing was done on that day to remedy the mischief . It was therefore very startling during the night to find the vessel stop , and hammering con- tinued for a couple of hours ...
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... caused me some dis- appointment , the wild animals were a constant source of entertainment . No zoological gardens are needed here ! The monkeys exhibited the most entertaining tricks and gymnastic exercises gratis for our amuse- ment ...
... caused me some dis- appointment , the wild animals were a constant source of entertainment . No zoological gardens are needed here ! The monkeys exhibited the most entertaining tricks and gymnastic exercises gratis for our amuse- ment ...
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... case , and that the cause of their hesitation and backwardness in taking any steps in this important matter , was from a fear of annoying them , by even apparent interference in their domestic affairs 66 SIX MONTHS IN INDIA .
... case , and that the cause of their hesitation and backwardness in taking any steps in this important matter , was from a fear of annoying them , by even apparent interference in their domestic affairs 66 SIX MONTHS IN INDIA .
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... cause they are ignorant that they ( women of this country ) do not understand in some respects what is right and good , and what is wrong and bad . They are not able to hear and read books containing good know- ledge . Then , again ...
... cause they are ignorant that they ( women of this country ) do not understand in some respects what is right and good , and what is wrong and bad . They are not able to hear and read books containing good know- ledge . Then , again ...
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Sida 74 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Sida 173 - The consequence of my long and uninterrupted researches into religious truth has been that I have found the doctrines of Christ more conducive to moral principles and better adapted for the use of rational beings, than any others which have come to my knowledge...
Sida 207 - has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Sida 157 - SOMAJ. 1. I shall worship, through love of Him and the performance of the work He loveth, the Supreme Being, the Creator, the Preserver, the Destroyer, the Giver of Salvation, the Omniscient, the Omnipotent, the Blissful, the Good, the Formless, the One only without a second ; and none of the created objects, subject to the following conditions.
Sida 173 - Here we observe an individual, born and bred in a country benighted under the most gross idolatry and superstition, who, by a just use of that understanding which our gracious Creator has given to mankind to guide them to all truths, having discovered the falsehood of that system of idolatry and the absurdity of those superstitions, conscientiously abandoned both, and thereby subjected himself to inconveniences and dangers of which persons living in more enlightened societies can hardly form an idea....
Sida 157 - ... 4. This sacrifice, and this only, shall I make to existing prejudices. But I shall never endeavour to deceive any one as to my religious opinions, and never stoop to equivocation or hypocrisy, in order to avoid unpopularity.
Sida 193 - IV . of this Act, may be punished with whipping in lieu of any other punishment to which he may be liable under the Indian Penal Code.
Sida 174 - Blessed with the light of Christianity, he dedicates his time and his money not only to release his countrymen from the state of degradation in which they exist, but also to diffuse among the European masters of his country, the sole true religion — as it was promulgated by Christ, his apostles and his disciples.
Sida 61 - The existence of such a class of men cannot possibly be disputed. They regard the Natives as one of the vilest nations on earth, hopelessly immersed in all the vices which can degrade humanity, and bring it to the level of brutes. They think it mean even to associate with the Natives.
Sida 171 - Without disputing the authority of his father, he often sought from him information as to the reasons of his faith. He obtained no satisfaction ; and he at last determined, at the early age of fifteen, to leave the paternal home, and sojourn for a time in Thibet, that he might see another form of religious faith.