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' On the completion of this horrid deed , Gholaum Caudir ordered the Kin ? to be removed to a distant apartment . The miserable Shah-Aulum , pale and bleeding , was conducted to his retreat , in all the bitterness of anguish , to contemplate on his now ruined fortunes . ' As he survived the loss of si ght , Shah-Aulum solaced his confinement in contemplative reve- ies , and in the composition of elegiac verses , descriptive ofhis deplorable , situation ; he yet Jives to enjoy the reflectionthat the
an-, thorof his misfortunes did not long triumph in his success ; and however horrible the punishment of Gholaum Cau'dir , the reader must allow that it was _ justly merited , and will rejoice that it so quickly followed the offence , Having , by his cruelties and insatiable avarice , disgusted all his former allies and adherent's , he was delivered to the Marhatta Chief , who after repeatedl y ordering him , but in vain , to discover the place where he had concealed the plunder ofthe palace , placed him in an iron cage , construfted for the occasion ,
• In this situation hewas suspended in front ofthe army ; afrer sustaining the insults and indignities of the soldiers , his nose , ears , hands , and feet , were cutoff ; and in this mutilated ami miserable condition , he was , by order of AliBehadir , sent off to Delhi ; hut on the journey , death relieve ' d the misc . rable wretch from his sufferings : thus dreadfully atoning for the crimes of his savage and abandoned life ! The Nti 7 . ir ( his accomplice ) , on his arrival at Delhi , was trodden to death under the feet of * an elephant . '
This Author is a pleasing , lively , and descriptive writer , who expresses his sentiments with ease and freedom , and acknowledges his obligations to others with candour and liberality . His Journey to Persia , known andmucli esteemed on the Continent , in a German translation , has long since acquired him a considerable share of literary reputation , which the History of Shah Aulum cannot fail to increase . A Translation ofthe New Testamentfrom the oriinal Greekhumblattempted
, g ; y b y Nathaniel Scarlet , assisted b y Men of Piety and Literature : with Notes , % vo . Price 6 s . ios . 6 d . i ^ s . il . is . Scarlet , & c . - HAVING delivered our opinion . concerning the merits of this performance , we will lay before our readers a specimen of the novel plan upon which it is executed .-
§ 9 . JESUS TEMPTED , AND OVERCOMETH . CH . IV . i . ' Hist . —Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the desart to a be tempted by the devil . And having fasted ' forty days and forty 3 nights , he was afterwards hungry . And the tempter coming to him said , ' Devil . —If thou art the Son pf God , command these stones to be made bread . 4 ' Hist . —But he answeringsaid
, , 'J ESUS '—It is written ( Dent . viii . 3 J " Man shall not live b y bread alone , but hy every word which proceedeth out ofthe mouth of God . " 5 ' Hist . —Then tbe devil taketh Him with him into the holy city , and 6 setteth him on a battlement of the temple , and saith to him , I Devil . —If thou art the Son of God , cast thyself down ; for it is written , ( Psalm xci . 11 , 12 . ) " He will give his angels charge concerning thee , and in their hands they will bear thee uplest at time thou clash
, any thy foot against a stone . " 7 . ' Hist . —Jesus saith to him , « J ESUS . —It is written again , ( Deut . v ' i . 16 . ) « Thou shall not tempt the Lord th y God . " . 8 ' Hist . —Again , the devil taketh Him with him to an exceeding high , mountain , and sheweth Him all the kingdoms ofthe world , and the glory S ot them ; and saith to Him ,
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Review Of New Publications
' On the completion of this horrid deed , Gholaum Caudir ordered the Kin ? to be removed to a distant apartment . The miserable Shah-Aulum , pale and bleeding , was conducted to his retreat , in all the bitterness of anguish , to contemplate on his now ruined fortunes . ' As he survived the loss of si ght , Shah-Aulum solaced his confinement in contemplative reve- ies , and in the composition of elegiac verses , descriptive ofhis deplorable , situation ; he yet Jives to enjoy the reflectionthat the
an-, thorof his misfortunes did not long triumph in his success ; and however horrible the punishment of Gholaum Cau'dir , the reader must allow that it was _ justly merited , and will rejoice that it so quickly followed the offence , Having , by his cruelties and insatiable avarice , disgusted all his former allies and adherent's , he was delivered to the Marhatta Chief , who after repeatedl y ordering him , but in vain , to discover the place where he had concealed the plunder ofthe palace , placed him in an iron cage , construfted for the occasion ,
• In this situation hewas suspended in front ofthe army ; afrer sustaining the insults and indignities of the soldiers , his nose , ears , hands , and feet , were cutoff ; and in this mutilated ami miserable condition , he was , by order of AliBehadir , sent off to Delhi ; hut on the journey , death relieve ' d the misc . rable wretch from his sufferings : thus dreadfully atoning for the crimes of his savage and abandoned life ! The Nti 7 . ir ( his accomplice ) , on his arrival at Delhi , was trodden to death under the feet of * an elephant . '
This Author is a pleasing , lively , and descriptive writer , who expresses his sentiments with ease and freedom , and acknowledges his obligations to others with candour and liberality . His Journey to Persia , known andmucli esteemed on the Continent , in a German translation , has long since acquired him a considerable share of literary reputation , which the History of Shah Aulum cannot fail to increase . A Translation ofthe New Testamentfrom the oriinal Greekhumblattempted
, g ; y b y Nathaniel Scarlet , assisted b y Men of Piety and Literature : with Notes , % vo . Price 6 s . ios . 6 d . i ^ s . il . is . Scarlet , & c . - HAVING delivered our opinion . concerning the merits of this performance , we will lay before our readers a specimen of the novel plan upon which it is executed .-
§ 9 . JESUS TEMPTED , AND OVERCOMETH . CH . IV . i . ' Hist . —Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the desart to a be tempted by the devil . And having fasted ' forty days and forty 3 nights , he was afterwards hungry . And the tempter coming to him said , ' Devil . —If thou art the Son pf God , command these stones to be made bread . 4 ' Hist . —But he answeringsaid
, , 'J ESUS '—It is written ( Dent . viii . 3 J " Man shall not live b y bread alone , but hy every word which proceedeth out ofthe mouth of God . " 5 ' Hist . —Then tbe devil taketh Him with him into the holy city , and 6 setteth him on a battlement of the temple , and saith to him , I Devil . —If thou art the Son of God , cast thyself down ; for it is written , ( Psalm xci . 11 , 12 . ) " He will give his angels charge concerning thee , and in their hands they will bear thee uplest at time thou clash
, any thy foot against a stone . " 7 . ' Hist . —Jesus saith to him , « J ESUS . —It is written again , ( Deut . v ' i . 16 . ) « Thou shall not tempt the Lord th y God . " . 8 ' Hist . —Again , the devil taketh Him with him to an exceeding high , mountain , and sheweth Him all the kingdoms ofthe world , and the glory S ot them ; and saith to Him ,