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Article ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF AIR. ← Page 3 of 3 Article FROM A PERSIAN IN LONDON TO HIS CORRESPONDENT IN BENGAL. Page 1 of 4 →
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On The Nature And Properties Of Air.
transmitted to us ; when the sun has got about iS deg-rees below the horizon , he no longer enlig htens our atmosphere ^ , and then all the part over us becomes dark . After the same manner , in the morning , when the sun comes within iS degrees of our horizon , be begins to enlighten the atmosphere ; and so more and more by degrees , till he rises ' and makes full day . It is therefore evident , that the benefits we receive from the atmosphere are innumerable ,
From A Persian In London To His Correspondent In Bengal.
FROM A PERSIAN IN LONDON TO HIS CORRESPONDENT IN BENGAL .
LETTER I . From Aben-Corali-Cawn , at Londres , to Manmm ' ed-Ali-Cawn , in Bengal . ¦ , i , - HI V Friend of the inward recesses of the : bosom , keeper of the secrets ^
I Swear by our holy Prophet , it' is'not possible to gratify all thy desires , neither can I be granted to write nothing but the truth . These unbelievers do not lie like the vacke ' els and the bankers for gold , which a wise man knoweth to expect ; but falsehood dw ' ellefh ; upon the tongue , and is the trick of the understanding " . Oh ! Alithou know ' est not how hard is'the search of truth where no
, man speaketh it , and where , if ever it be written , it is soon contradicted and confounded . All day I sit at the desk labouring in ; the head to acquire the gift of their language , that I may be able to comprehend the relations they publish every day of their businesses , and become acquainted with the cause of all their battles .
But I swear to' thee , my heart ' s brother , that it is not possible" to give credit to what I read , neither do I care to send thee tales which would diminish thy confidence in thy friend . Tli ' oii knowest already that it is the fate of all the Christian nations to rage with the pestilence of war ; 1 will tell thee of what I am informed , by my dragoman , and by venerable men , and what in part I have also read and understood to be the motive of this l
genera conflagration . There are passed above forty moons' since there arose in the empire' of France ( with whose governors' and * mef-s chants we have conversed together ) certain prophet ' s who cried , aloud there should be no more kings , nor princes , nor emirs , nor muftis , but that each man should be his own lord , rilling himself and his family accordingto his own will ; ' neither should mad
any pray in the temples , but worship God in his own way , in the recesses of the house , accordingto his own conscience . And they said , that when the sultans and viziers should he put down , there P ,
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On The Nature And Properties Of Air.
transmitted to us ; when the sun has got about iS deg-rees below the horizon , he no longer enlig htens our atmosphere ^ , and then all the part over us becomes dark . After the same manner , in the morning , when the sun comes within iS degrees of our horizon , be begins to enlighten the atmosphere ; and so more and more by degrees , till he rises ' and makes full day . It is therefore evident , that the benefits we receive from the atmosphere are innumerable ,
From A Persian In London To His Correspondent In Bengal.
FROM A PERSIAN IN LONDON TO HIS CORRESPONDENT IN BENGAL .
LETTER I . From Aben-Corali-Cawn , at Londres , to Manmm ' ed-Ali-Cawn , in Bengal . ¦ , i , - HI V Friend of the inward recesses of the : bosom , keeper of the secrets ^
I Swear by our holy Prophet , it' is'not possible to gratify all thy desires , neither can I be granted to write nothing but the truth . These unbelievers do not lie like the vacke ' els and the bankers for gold , which a wise man knoweth to expect ; but falsehood dw ' ellefh ; upon the tongue , and is the trick of the understanding " . Oh ! Alithou know ' est not how hard is'the search of truth where no
, man speaketh it , and where , if ever it be written , it is soon contradicted and confounded . All day I sit at the desk labouring in ; the head to acquire the gift of their language , that I may be able to comprehend the relations they publish every day of their businesses , and become acquainted with the cause of all their battles .
But I swear to' thee , my heart ' s brother , that it is not possible" to give credit to what I read , neither do I care to send thee tales which would diminish thy confidence in thy friend . Tli ' oii knowest already that it is the fate of all the Christian nations to rage with the pestilence of war ; 1 will tell thee of what I am informed , by my dragoman , and by venerable men , and what in part I have also read and understood to be the motive of this l
genera conflagration . There are passed above forty moons' since there arose in the empire' of France ( with whose governors' and * mef-s chants we have conversed together ) certain prophet ' s who cried , aloud there should be no more kings , nor princes , nor emirs , nor muftis , but that each man should be his own lord , rilling himself and his family accordingto his own will ; ' neither should mad
any pray in the temples , but worship God in his own way , in the recesses of the house , accordingto his own conscience . And they said , that when the sultans and viziers should he put down , there P ,