The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... head of that government , and from whose eminent talents and wisdom the country has reaped many signal benefits ? That the ascendancy of British rule may long subsist in India to improve the con- dition of its population , and that your ...
... head of that government , and from whose eminent talents and wisdom the country has reaped many signal benefits ? That the ascendancy of British rule may long subsist in India to improve the con- dition of its population , and that your ...
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... head down to the ground , in which atti- tude their benedictions are received . The intending traveller then carries a leaf of the bale - tree which has been taken out of a brass pot fall of Ganges water , and marches out of the house ...
... head down to the ground , in which atti- tude their benedictions are received . The intending traveller then carries a leaf of the bale - tree which has been taken out of a brass pot fall of Ganges water , and marches out of the house ...
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... head of the diocese in Bengal . Long a gad - about ascetic , Nityanunda at last took up his abode at Khurdah , and , falling in love with a Brahmin's daughter , led her to the hymeneal altar , and turned an honest Benedick in his old ...
... head of the diocese in Bengal . Long a gad - about ascetic , Nityanunda at last took up his abode at Khurdah , and , falling in love with a Brahmin's daughter , led her to the hymeneal altar , and turned an honest Benedick in his old ...
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... head ; but he has scarcely to witness any display of vice - regal grandeur , or engage his attention with anything in the shape of curiosity . The only sights with which one might beguile himself awhile , are a small but diversified ...
... head ; but he has scarcely to witness any display of vice - regal grandeur , or engage his attention with anything in the shape of curiosity . The only sights with which one might beguile himself awhile , are a small but diversified ...
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... head , running naked with some other young fellows , and playing tricks at every door . ' During his administration , however , more than two thousand brick - houses were erected , and fifteen vessels , bearing French colours , traded ...
... head , running naked with some other young fellows , and playing tricks at every door . ' During his administration , however , more than two thousand brick - houses were erected , and fifteen vessels , bearing French colours , traded ...
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