Sermons Practical and Occasional Dissertations, Translations, Including New Versions of Virgil's Bucolica, and of Milton's Defensio Secunda, Seaton Poems, &c. &c. By the Rev. Francis Wrangham ... In Three Volumes |
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Creation. Light. India. It's vegetable, literary, and religious superiority over the Western World. Brahma introduces his superstition. India still eminent in physics (particularly astronomy), metaphysics, ethics, and poetry—lyric, epic, and dramatic. ‘The Fatal Ring.’ Mahometan irruptions under Mahmoud of Ghizni, anciently Bactria. Tamerlane: India totally degraded. Her European conquerors for a long time equally oppressive. Sir William Jones: His attainments, and virtues; and premature death. The Marquis Wellesley: The New College at Calcutta. Cambridge. The probable Effects of the Restoration of Learning on the peasantry and manufacturers of Hindostan; Improvements in Chemistry, Medicine, &c. Morals; Social Feeling (The Paria: Mr. Cleveland civilises the district of Bhâgulpour) and Religion. The Missionaries. Apostrophe to England: Contrast of her arts with those of France. Conclusion.
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