The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1836 - Asia |
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Page 19
... daughters , was told that the lady had some hundred yards of this muslin folded around her . These sarees are also beauti- fully embroidered . The ground - work of the bordering of the ladies ' dresses in India , is sometimes of seed ...
... daughters , was told that the lady had some hundred yards of this muslin folded around her . These sarees are also beauti- fully embroidered . The ground - work of the bordering of the ladies ' dresses in India , is sometimes of seed ...
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... daughters will sometimes come to England , where they pass for Indian princesses married , after the Mahommedan fashion , to some European adventurer ; and though perhaps not a very common sight , in the public drives in India , there ...
... daughters will sometimes come to England , where they pass for Indian princesses married , after the Mahommedan fashion , to some European adventurer ; and though perhaps not a very common sight , in the public drives in India , there ...
Page 81
... daughters at a boarding school , while she ploughed the deep in search of the means for their support ; and a native of Hindostan observed , on quitting England , that she must make one more voyage , as she still had a daughter to marry ...
... daughters at a boarding school , while she ploughed the deep in search of the means for their support ; and a native of Hindostan observed , on quitting England , that she must make one more voyage , as she still had a daughter to marry ...
Page 87
... daughter's alliance with a young man so eligible in every respect as Mr. Pierrepoint , his family and fortune being quite equal to any thing they could find in India . To this Sir Thomas agreed , and said no more upon the subject ...
... daughter's alliance with a young man so eligible in every respect as Mr. Pierrepoint , his family and fortune being quite equal to any thing they could find in India . To this Sir Thomas agreed , and said no more upon the subject ...
Page 101
... daughters in Turkish and Persian , by women , and they retain several of these learned ladies merely to amuse them , when going to sleep , with stories , which they have by heart . They have dancing - women , who are Cashmerees , and ...
... daughters in Turkish and Persian , by women , and they retain several of these learned ladies merely to amuse them , when going to sleep , with stories , which they have by heart . They have dancing - women , who are Cashmerees , and ...
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Page 146 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 45 - Deposition, Examination, Answer, or other Proceeding made or taken before him or them, to direct such Person to be prosecuted for such Perjury, in case there shall appear to him or them a reasonable Cause for such Prosecution...
Page 234 - An Act to empower his majesty to erect South Australia into a British province or provinces, and to provide for the colonization and government thereof.
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Page 151 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 176 - That wondrous Paterne, wheresoere it bee, Whether in earth layd up in secret store, Or else in heaven, that no man may it see With sinfull eyes, for feare it to deflore, Is perfect Beautie, which all men adore; Whose face and feature doth so much excell All mortal sence, that none the same may tell.