Allen's Indian Mail, and Register of Intelligence for British and Foreign India, China, and All Parts of the East, Volym 3

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1845

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Sida 140 - The clime is frigid, and you are compelled to approach the fire. The houses are so lofty that you may pluck the stars. The pious inhabitants respect the ceremonies of worship, And the virtuous among them ever read the sacred books. They bear a peculiar enmity towards the French nation The weapons of war rest not for a moment between them.
Sida 205 - M'Culloch's Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Sida 140 - The towering edifices rise story above story, In all the stateliness of splendid mansions : Railings of iron thickly stud the sides of every entrance, And streams from the river circulate through the walls.
Sida 102 - Thomson's Lunar and Horary Tables. For New and Concise Methods of Performing the Calculations necessary for ascertaining the Longitude by Lunar Observations, or Chronometers ; with directions for acquiring a knowledge of the Principal Fixed Stars and finding the Latitude of them.
Sida 27 - Other Romans shall arise Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway; Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Sida 291 - ... want of cheap and expeditious means of transport. " It may therefore be assumed that remuneration for railroads in India must for the present be drawn chiefly from the conveyance of merchandize, and not from passengers.
Sida 14 - Vietnam if ordered to do so was both "unbecoming an officer and a gentleman," and "to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces," in violation of the provisions of Art.
Sida 268 - Therefore, shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house [Temple] as the high places of the forest.
Sida 123 - And be it further enacted, that the demanding or receiving any sum of money or other valuable thing as a gift or present, or under colour thereof, whether it be for the use of the party receiving the same, or for or pretended to be for the use of...
Sida 21 - Government, your Majesty may be assured that every demonstration of respect and every degree of attention which can contribute to the ease and comfort of your Majesty and the royal family, will be manifested on the part of the British Government, and that adequate provision will be made for the support of your Majesty and of your family and household.

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