Letters of Shahcoolen: A Hindu Philosopher, Residing in Philadelphia; to His Friend El Hassan, an Inhabitant of DelhiRussell and Cutler, 1802 - 152 Seiten |
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... see fit to direct . I AM told that the state of things which I have defcribed , is imputed in part , to the influence of the new philofophy . It is the spirit of this philofophy to reduce all things to one common level ; to pull down ...
... see fit to direct . I AM told that the state of things which I have defcribed , is imputed in part , to the influence of the new philofophy . It is the spirit of this philofophy to reduce all things to one common level ; to pull down ...
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... di- vine the confequences , which might en- fue ? O , EL HASSAN , my friend ! how would it affect thy heart and mind , to see these unnatural practices introduced among the daughters of Hinduftan ? Still SHAHCOOLEN .
... di- vine the confequences , which might en- fue ? O , EL HASSAN , my friend ! how would it affect thy heart and mind , to see these unnatural practices introduced among the daughters of Hinduftan ? Still SHAHCOOLEN .
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... see the unwieldy movements of the elephants , which are tamed for war . . BUT I have learned from an accurate furvey of human life , that there is no amusement , however foreign from the delicacy of the fex , and no drefs , howe- ver ...
... see the unwieldy movements of the elephants , which are tamed for war . . BUT I have learned from an accurate furvey of human life , that there is no amusement , however foreign from the delicacy of the fex , and no drefs , howe- ver ...
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... dark and odorous , claims a tribute from the mufk , which it vanquishes . See the bunches of Patali flowers filled with bees , like the quiver of Smara , full of fhafts ; while the Amra tree , with bloom- ing 116 LETTERS OF.
... dark and odorous , claims a tribute from the mufk , which it vanquishes . See the bunches of Patali flowers filled with bees , like the quiver of Smara , full of fhafts ; while the Amra tree , with bloom- ing 116 LETTERS OF.
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... See how he kiffes the lip of my rival , and imprints on her forehead an or- nament of pure musk , black as the young antelope on the lunar orb ! Now , like the husband of RETI , he fixes white bloffoms on her dark locks , where they ...
... See how he kiffes the lip of my rival , and imprints on her forehead an or- nament of pure musk , black as the young antelope on the lunar orb ! Now , like the husband of RETI , he fixes white bloffoms on her dark locks , where they ...
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alfo alſo American amuſement beauty BELOVED EL HASSAN bloffoms bofom bower breaft BRUMMA character charms CHRISHNA compariſon courſe damfel dear El Haffan defcribed diftinguiſhed dreſs elegant epiftle eſtabliſhed exiſtence eyes facred faid fair fame fatirical fcenes feek fentiments fhall fhort fhould fide figh finging firft firſt flowers fmiles fociety foft folar fome foreft foul fprings ftate ftill ftrains ftream fubject fublimity fuch fure fweet fyftem Gitagovinda glowing groves happineſs heart Heri himſelf Hindu Hinduſtan immenfe Jayadeva knoweft laft lefs Letter lips Lotos mind moft moſt mountains mufic Musk Deer muſt myſelf nature o'er paffages paffion perfons Philofopher pleaſure Poem poet poetical poetry polygamy prefent publiſhed RADHA reaſon refpect repreſented ſcenes Seek delight ſhall ſhe Solomon's Song Song of Solomon ſpirit ſpreads ſtate ſweet tafte taſte tenderneſs thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou univerfally uſe verfe Vrindavan whofe whoſe wilt women Yamuna
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Seite 109 - Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; honey and milk are under thy tongue ; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Seite 111 - Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Seite 109 - Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon : look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Seite 108 - I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Seite 109 - Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Seite 132 - His paffion was inflamed by the glances of her eyes, which played like a pair of water-birds with azure plumage, that fport near a full-blown lotos on a pool in the feafon of dew.
Seite 110 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Seite 108 - My beloved is mine, and I am his : He feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.
Seite 109 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Seite 108 - The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.