Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India, Part 68, Volume 1Richard Bentley, 1834 - India |
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... covered with her crew , in the humble attitude of devotion : surrounded by the boundless ocean , the foundation of their august temple ; and the cerulean expanse of heaven , its mag- nificent canopy to see them in the midst of this ...
... covered with her crew , in the humble attitude of devotion : surrounded by the boundless ocean , the foundation of their august temple ; and the cerulean expanse of heaven , its mag- nificent canopy to see them in the midst of this ...
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... covered with long spiral leaves ; under this foliage , bunches of blossoms , clusters of green fruit , and others arrived at maturity , appear in mingled beauty . The trunk , though porous , furnishes beams and rafters for our THE COCOA ...
... covered with long spiral leaves ; under this foliage , bunches of blossoms , clusters of green fruit , and others arrived at maturity , appear in mingled beauty . The trunk , though porous , furnishes beams and rafters for our THE COCOA ...
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... covering of the young fruit is extremely curious , resembling a piece of thick cloth , in a conical form , close and firm as if it came from the loom ; it expands after the fruit has burst through its inclosure , and then appears of a ...
... covering of the young fruit is extremely curious , resembling a piece of thick cloth , in a conical form , close and firm as if it came from the loom ; it expands after the fruit has burst through its inclosure , and then appears of a ...
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... covering ; and is highly esteemed by the Indians of all descriptions as a fine stomachic , and a preservative of the teeth and gums : they cut it into small pieces , and eat it with a hot pungent leaf , called betel , spread over with ...
... covering ; and is highly esteemed by the Indians of all descriptions as a fine stomachic , and a preservative of the teeth and gums : they cut it into small pieces , and eat it with a hot pungent leaf , called betel , spread over with ...
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... covering our seats and arbours with a small monopetalous flower , divided into five angular segments , like fine crimson velvet , surrounded by a foliage uncommonly delicate ; it is introduced in the Hindoo drama of Sacontala ...
... covering our seats and arbours with a small monopetalous flower , divided into five angular segments , like fine crimson velvet , surrounded by a foliage uncommonly delicate ; it is introduced in the Hindoo drama of Sacontala ...
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Page 208 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold, the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee, sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Page 41 - And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Page 25 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 482 - And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Page 508 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 198 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 194 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
Page 420 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page ix - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 354 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.