The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures, Volume 2B. Quaritch, 1885 - Asia, Southeastern |
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aboriginal Afghan Afghanistan amongst ancient Arab Archipelago Aryan Asia Assam Baluch Baluchistan bank Bengal Berar Bhotia Bombay Brahmans Brahui British India Burma called Canarese castes century Ceylon chief China Chinese Christians clans coast colour cultivated Cutch Dehli Dehra deity Dekhan descendants Dhangar district dwell dynasty east eastern feet female frontier Gond Guen hair Hazara Herat hills Himalaya HIND Hindu Hindustan horses Hyderabad indigo Indus inhabit insects islands Jain Kabul Khan Khel Kunbi land language Latr Lepcha Linn Madras Mahomedans Mahratta Makran Malabar Malay mountains Muhammadans Mysore native northern occupy Panjab Papuan Pathan Peninsula Persian Peshawur plains plant population province race raja Rajput range river sect Shah Shiah Sikh southern species square miles Sutlej Tajak Tamil temple territory Tibet Tibetan town tract tree tribes Turk valley village western wild women worship Yusufzai
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Page 67 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 343 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 242 - 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...
Page 156 - God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, " I would still go on, to the unknown kingdoms " of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy " name, and putting to the sword the rebellious " nations who worship any other gods than " thee *." Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his recent conquests.
Page 139 - As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Page 290 - Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD ; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel : because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Page 113 - And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself: and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Page 101 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 13 - I, and I alone, unwarrantably gave the order to fire on the foreigners at Kobe, and again as they tried to escape. For this crime I disembowel myself, and I beg you who are present to do me the honour of witnessing the act.