The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... leave the parental roof ; and a little voyage up the river to Chinsurah or Hooghly was often a matter of boast , and ... leaving school he had chosen the hereditary profession of his caste ; and accordingly often found it necessary to ...
... leave the parental roof ; and a little voyage up the river to Chinsurah or Hooghly was often a matter of boast , and ... leaving school he had chosen the hereditary profession of his caste ; and accordingly often found it necessary to ...
Page xxv
... leave him to tell his own story , assuring the European reader that , notwith- standing the novelty of the names and scenes , it will well repay a careful perusal . Calcutta , 9th September , 1868 . J. TALBOYS WHEELER . TRAVELS OF A ...
... leave him to tell his own story , assuring the European reader that , notwith- standing the novelty of the names and scenes , it will well repay a careful perusal . Calcutta , 9th September , 1868 . J. TALBOYS WHEELER . TRAVELS OF A ...
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... it does in our day . Long had the ragged appearance of Balli , and its mud - built * In allusion to the late author of the ' Literary Leaves , ' who re- sided here for many years . cottages given the lie to its great antiquity . It.
... it does in our day . Long had the ragged appearance of Balli , and its mud - built * In allusion to the late author of the ' Literary Leaves , ' who re- sided here for many years . cottages given the lie to its great antiquity . It.
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... leaving his colleague at the 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 ...
... leaving his colleague at the 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 ...
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... leaving not a vestige of its numerous buildings . In the great inundation of 1823 a good - sized pinnace sailed through the Sooksagur bazar . Chagdah , or Chackra - dah , is an abyss said to have been made by the chariot - wheel of ...
... leaving not a vestige of its numerous buildings . In the great inundation of 1823 a good - sized pinnace sailed through the Sooksagur bazar . Chagdah , or Chackra - dah , is an abyss said to have been made by the chariot - wheel of ...
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