The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... hundreds of vehicles , the endless stalls , idols , and lucifer matches , books and sweetmeats , brass pots , gilt caps , cedar pencils , toys , note paper , marbles , red powder , and waving flags . From thence the traveller may be ...
... hundreds of vehicles , the endless stalls , idols , and lucifer matches , books and sweetmeats , brass pots , gilt caps , cedar pencils , toys , note paper , marbles , red powder , and waving flags . From thence the traveller may be ...
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... hundred years ago this was an important mart of traffic belong- ing to the Dutch . But it was then also so much the resort of bad women from different parts of the country , that it was appellatized by the early English travellers as ...
... hundred years ago this was an important mart of traffic belong- ing to the Dutch . But it was then also so much the resort of bad women from different parts of the country , that it was appellatized by the early English travellers as ...
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... hundreds of car- riages rolled over its beautiful lawn , now overgrown with wood and jungle . The Governor's house , described to have been one of the finest buildings in India , in whose lofty halls were assembled the beauty and ...
... hundreds of car- riages rolled over its beautiful lawn , now overgrown with wood and jungle . The Governor's house , described to have been one of the finest buildings in India , in whose lofty halls were assembled the beauty and ...
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... which were in active operation on the shores of the Loire and Garonne . There was a band of two hundred cast - away seamen , who , headed by a bankrupt merchant and brief- less lawyer , were foremost to kindle the flame of.
... which were in active operation on the shores of the Loire and Garonne . There was a band of two hundred cast - away seamen , who , headed by a bankrupt merchant and brief- less lawyer , were foremost to kindle the flame of.
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... hundred and four vessels of all sizes , only three made their escape . The best - looking young persons were sent to Agra , and circumcised and made Mussulmans . The girls were distributed among the harems of the Emperor and his ...
... hundred and four vessels of all sizes , only three made their escape . The best - looking young persons were sent to Agra , and circumcised and made Mussulmans . The girls were distributed among the harems of the Emperor and his ...
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