The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page i
... mind of one who is indebted for his education to the paternal government of the British in India ; and to whom can I with more propriety inscribe the humble fruits of that education than to the illustrious statesman who presides at the ...
... mind of one who is indebted for his education to the paternal government of the British in India ; and to whom can I with more propriety inscribe the humble fruits of that education than to the illustrious statesman who presides at the ...
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... mind of his Hindoo worshippers the one Supreme Being , who created all things and exists in all things . According to a widely - spread belief , Vishnu be- came incarnate in succession in the two heroes , Ráma and Krishna , for the ...
... mind of his Hindoo worshippers the one Supreme Being , who created all things and exists in all things . According to a widely - spread belief , Vishnu be- came incarnate in succession in the two heroes , Ráma and Krishna , for the ...
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... minds of Native readers of the superstitious ideas which are at present connected with many of the localities . It is true that the narrative of his travels was also mainly intended for those who could read English ; but the author ...
... minds of Native readers of the superstitious ideas which are at present connected with many of the localities . It is true that the narrative of his travels was also mainly intended for those who could read English ; but the author ...
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... minds of the Bengalees ; and to this day there are many families who have never been able to overcome this aversion . An old Bengalee proverb was universally accepted , that he was the happiest man who never owed a debt nor under- took ...
... minds of the Bengalees ; and to this day there are many families who have never been able to overcome this aversion . An old Bengalee proverb was universally accepted , that he was the happiest man who never owed a debt nor under- took ...
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... minds of the people , and before the railway could carry its crowds of passengers through the whole extent of Hindoostan . He proceeded from Raneegunj by the Grand Trunk Road , and visited Pariswath , Sasseeram , Benares , Allahabad ...
... minds of the people , and before the railway could carry its crowds of passengers through the whole extent of Hindoostan . He proceeded from Raneegunj by the Grand Trunk Road , and visited Pariswath , Sasseeram , Benares , Allahabad ...
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