The Church in Madras: Being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Volume 1 |
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Page 689 - This New and Revised Edition comprises additional material and hitherto Unpublished Letters, Sketches, and Drawings, derived from the Author's Original MSS. and Note•Books ; and each volume includes a Memoir in the form of an Introduction by Mrs.
Page 689 - WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. Including Views of places described in the Works, reproduced from Photographs specially taken for the purpose by Mr. WR BLAND, of Duffield, Derby, in conjunction with Mr. C. BARROW KEENE, of Derby. Introductions to the Works are supplied by Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD, AND An Introduction and Notes to Mrs. Gaskell's * Life of Charlotte Bronte* by Mr.
Page 74 - Religion agreed upon by the archbishops and bishops of both provinces, and the whole clergy in the convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord...
Page 109 - India, as aforesaid, shall be obliged to learn, within one year after their arrival, the Portuguese language, and shall apply themselves to learn the native language of the country where they shall reside, the better to enable them to instruct the Gentoos, that shall be the servants or slaves of the same Company, or of their Agents, in the Protestant Religion...
Page 77 - That we shall in like manner, without respect of persons, endeavour the extirpation of Popery, prelacy (that is, Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy...
Page 93 - The marriage of our soldiers to the native women of Fort St. George, formerly recommended by you, is a matter of such consequence to posterity that we shall be content to encourage it with some expense, and have been thinking for the future to appoint a pagoda to be paid to the mother of any child that shall hereafter be born of any such future marriage upon the day the child is christened, if you think this small encouragement will increase the number of such marriages...
Page 111 - King, fidelity and diligence towards them by whom we are employed, kindness and love towards one another, and sincere charity towards all men; that we, adorning the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour in all things, these Indian nations among whom we dwell, beholding our good works, may be won over...
Page 576 - Be merciful, therefore, unto us, and hear our prayer that we make before thee in this place. As often as we, from henceforth, shall assemble here, let thy Spirit awaken our hearts to seek thy face sincerely, without hypocrisy. As often as we shall hear thy word, let us do it with an unfeigned intention to obey and keep it without exception. As often as thy...
Page 4 - Best haveinge brought home a younge youth, an Indian, whoe was taught by Mr. Copland, the preacher, to wright and reade, and is very apt to learne, the Company therefore resolvd to have him kept here to schoole, to bee taught and enstructed in religion, that hereafter, beeinge well grounded, hee might upon occasion bee sent into his countrye, where God may bee soe pleased to make him an instrument in convertinge some of his nation ; and resolvd to have 20 markes per...
Page 686 - Sketches in Italy and Greece/ 'Sketches and Studies in Italy/ and ' Italian Byways. ' nothing has been changed except the order of the Essays. For the convenience of travellers a topographical arrangement has been adopted. SHAKESPEARE'S PREDECESSORS IN THE ENGLISH DRAMA. New and Cheaper Edition. Large crown 8vo. 7*. dd. *.* This volume is uniform with the new Edition of Symonds' Travel Sketches and * The Renaissance in Italy.