The Quarterly Review, Volume 213William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir John Murray IV, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1910 |
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Page 190
... Gobind later had his Granth compiled and declared the whole Granth Sahib to be the embodiment of the Gurus , to be held in extreme reverence ; crowds were converted to Sikhism in the Panjab and Hindustan . Akbar in- spected the Granth ...
... Gobind later had his Granth compiled and declared the whole Granth Sahib to be the embodiment of the Gurus , to be held in extreme reverence ; crowds were converted to Sikhism in the Panjab and Hindustan . Akbar in- spected the Granth ...
Page 191
... Gobind adopted his son's grandson , Har Rai , on the principle that succes- sion dependeth on the Guru's pleasure . ' Har Rai died at thirty , and Har Krishna at eight years old . The latter , young and ill of smallpox as he was ...
... Gobind adopted his son's grandson , Har Rai , on the principle that succes- sion dependeth on the Guru's pleasure . ' Har Rai died at thirty , and Har Krishna at eight years old . The latter , young and ill of smallpox as he was ...
Page 192
... Gobind proclaimed the Granth Sahib , the visible body of the Guru , to be obeyed , so that there were no more per- sonal Gurus . His disciple , Banda , assumed the secular leadership of the militant nation , rallied the Sikhs , and ...
... Gobind proclaimed the Granth Sahib , the visible body of the Guru , to be obeyed , so that there were no more per- sonal Gurus . His disciple , Banda , assumed the secular leadership of the militant nation , rallied the Sikhs , and ...
Page 193
... Gobind , and carry the prescribed articles . The latter are those whom Europeans commonly call Sikhs . After Banda's death the Sikhs were severely handled by the Muhammadans . Hunted like wild beasts , they are understood to have ...
... Gobind , and carry the prescribed articles . The latter are those whom Europeans commonly call Sikhs . After Banda's death the Sikhs were severely handled by the Muhammadans . Hunted like wild beasts , they are understood to have ...
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... Gobind Singh . These sectarians , called Kukas , ended in preaching a revival of the Khalsa Government and the downfall of the British . The revolt was suppressed with great severity . The sect has become disreputable , and is generally ...
... Gobind Singh . These sectarians , called Kukas , ended in preaching a revival of the Khalsa Government and the downfall of the British . The revolt was suppressed with great severity . The sect has become disreputable , and is generally ...
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Page 231 - Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Page 80 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped: then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 87 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 418 - Beauty — a living Presence of the earth, Surpassing the most fair ideal Forms Which craft of delicate Spirits hath composed From earth's materials — waits upon my steps ; Pitches her tents before me as I move, An hourly neighbour.
Page 85 - The Lady of Shalott. Heard a carol, mournful, holy, Chanted loudly, chanted lowly, Till her blood was frozen slowly, And her eyes were darken'd wholly, Turn'd to tower'd Camelot; For ere she reach'd upon the tide The first house by the water-side, Singing in her song she died, The Lady of Shalott.
Page 84 - Brimming, and bright, and large ; then sands begin To hem his watery march, and dam his streams, And split his currents; that for many a league The shorn and...
Page 36 - Ride your ways,' said the gipsy, ' ride your ways, Laird of Ellangowan — ride your ways, Godfrey Bertram ! — This day have ye quenched seven smoking hearths — see if the fire in your ain parlour burn the blither for that. Ye have riven the thack off seven cottar houses — look if your ain roof-tree stand the faster.
Page 40 - I am wishing ill to little Harry, or to the babe that's yet to be born — God forbid, and make them kind to the poor, and better folk than their father ! — And now, ride e'en your ways ; for these are the last words ye'll ever hear Meg Merrilies speak, and this is the last reise that I'll ever cut in the bonny woods of Ellangowan.
Page 272 - Were I but capable of interpreting to the world one half the great thoughts and noble feelings which are buried in her grave, I should be the medium of a greater benefit to it, than is ever likely to arise from anything that I can write, unprompted and unassisted by her all but unrivalled wisdom.
Page 286 - When this pre-eminent genius is combined with the qualities of probably the greatest moral reformer and martyr to that mission who ever existed upon earth, religion cannot be said to have made a bad choice in pitching on this man as the ideal representative and guide of humanity...