Translation of the letters of a Hindoo rajah, to which is prefixed a preliminary dissertation on the history, religion, and manners of the Hindoos, Nide 2 |
Kirjan sisältä
Sivu 46
... Christian Lady who fat by me , though her eyes were roving to all parts of the temple , was , in reality , too much engaged in her devotions , to obferve what paffed , I took the liberty of acting for her , and opening the door of the ...
... Christian Lady who fat by me , though her eyes were roving to all parts of the temple , was , in reality , too much engaged in her devotions , to obferve what paffed , I took the liberty of acting for her , and opening the door of the ...
Sivu 75
... Christian excellence , her virtues are all genuine . For inftance , the quality of gentleness , which , in women , is feldom more than a paffive tameness of spirit , that yields without ftruggling to the encroachments of the turbulent ...
... Christian excellence , her virtues are all genuine . For inftance , the quality of gentleness , which , in women , is feldom more than a paffive tameness of spirit , that yields without ftruggling to the encroachments of the turbulent ...
Sivu 110
... Christian chari- rity , you will , no doubt , think it impof- fible that in a Chriftian country , fimilar places fhould be found . This , indeed , at firft fight appears very inexplicable ; but it only ferves to confirm me in the truth ...
... Christian chari- rity , you will , no doubt , think it impof- fible that in a Chriftian country , fimilar places fhould be found . This , indeed , at firft fight appears very inexplicable ; but it only ferves to confirm me in the truth ...
Sivu 111
... Christian legislators , is , indeed , evident throughout the tenor of their laws . Can a perfon contrive by villainy , to poffefs himself of the eftate of another , provided it can be clearly proved , that poverty had no fhare in ...
... Christian legislators , is , indeed , evident throughout the tenor of their laws . Can a perfon contrive by villainy , to poffefs himself of the eftate of another , provided it can be clearly proved , that poverty had no fhare in ...
Sivu 115
... Christians have thrown in the way , that it becomes quite invifible ; and left re- flection fhould point it out , intoxicating liquors are allowed in all prifons to be diftributed in fufficient quantities , to pre- vent the most distant ...
... Christians have thrown in the way , that it becomes quite invifible ; and left re- flection fhould point it out , intoxicating liquors are allowed in all prifons to be diftributed in fufficient quantities , to pre- vent the most distant ...
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
aftoniſhment Almora amiable amufement appeared beauty behold beſtowed bofom cerning Chriftian cifed circumftances confefs confider converfation countenance cuftom Darnley daugh defire Delomond Denbeigh Dewan difcovered Doctor Severan Emma exifting eyes faid falutations fame favour fcene feemed feen female fenfe fenfibility fent fentiment fervants ferve fhall fhould fifter firft fituation fmall fmile fociety fome foon fooner forrow foul fparrows fpeak fpirits ftate ftill ftranger fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fupport fyftem gentleman happineſs heart himſelf houfe houſe huſband impoffible inftruction intereft juft Lady Grey laft lefs liften Maandaara manner ment Mifs Ardent mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never obferve opinion paffed paffions perfon philofo philofopher pleaſure poffible prefent preferve reafon refidence refpect returned ſhe Sir Caprice tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſed virtue votaries whofe whoſe wiſdom worfe young Zaarmilla
Suositut otteet
Sivu 226 - Ah ! sir," returned Charlotte, " you know how female writers are looked down upon. The women fear, and hate; the men ridicule, and dislike them." " This may be the case with the mere mob, who receive every prejudice upon trust...