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... equal firmness against Government patronage of , and Government opposition to idol worship . I am no idolater , nor am I an iconoclast . Break the image , and you do not terminate its worship . Nay , the fragment , or the fragments ...
... equal firmness against Government patronage of , and Government opposition to idol worship . I am no idolater , nor am I an iconoclast . Break the image , and you do not terminate its worship . Nay , the fragment , or the fragments ...
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... equal to that of whole countries , —and again , those seas which gird the Indian coasts to the extent of nearly 4000 miles ; -these all combine to separate India geographically from other parts of Asia , with a boldness and a grandeur ...
... equal to that of whole countries , —and again , those seas which gird the Indian coasts to the extent of nearly 4000 miles ; -these all combine to separate India geographically from other parts of Asia , with a boldness and a grandeur ...
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... equal to the Rhine , it flows into the sea . It is reckoned that the Ganges , which flows into the ocean by Calcutta , discharges on an average through the whole year 80,000 cubic feet of water in a second ; and at the time of rains and ...
... equal to the Rhine , it flows into the sea . It is reckoned that the Ganges , which flows into the ocean by Calcutta , discharges on an average through the whole year 80,000 cubic feet of water in a second ; and at the time of rains and ...
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... equal to the whole continent of Europe , excepting Russia and the places north of the Baltic . Were you to travel over Portu- gal , Spain , and France , were you to pass thence into France , ―were Italy , and thence to visit Greece ...
... equal to the whole continent of Europe , excepting Russia and the places north of the Baltic . Were you to travel over Portu- gal , Spain , and France , were you to pass thence into France , ―were Italy , and thence to visit Greece ...
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... equal to the whole of Europe , greater than that of Africa , and exceeding that of Africa and America united . Thus India com- prises more souls than any other country in the whole world , save China , —and a fifth or sixth part of the ...
... equal to the whole of Europe , greater than that of Africa , and exceeding that of Africa and America united . Thus India com- prises more souls than any other country in the whole world , save China , —and a fifth or sixth part of the ...
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Page 37 - If a country remain for a series of years the scene of continued pillage and massacre, so that the villages cannot be inhabited, the scattered villagers nevertheless return whenever the power of peaceable possession revives.
Page 36 - The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down : revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindu, Pathan, Moghul, Mahratta, Sikh, English are masters in turn ; but the village communities remain the same...
Page 262 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 261 - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day.
Page 317 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 36 - An hostile army passes through the country. The village communities collect their cattle within their walls, and let the enemy pass unprovoked. If plunder and devastation be directed against themselves, and the force employed be irresistible, they flee to friendly villages at a distance, but when the storm has passed over they return and resume their occupations.
Page 295 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 331 - Lectures on Christian Theology. By the late Rev. George Payne, LL.D., Professor of Divinity in the Western College. With a Memoir by Rev. John Pyer, and Reminiscences by the Rev.