The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... says Wilberforce , a finer instance of the moral sublime , than that a poor cobbler working in his stall , should conceive the idea of converting the Hindoos to Chris- tianity - yet such was Dr Carey . ' Half a century ago , there was a ...
... says Wilberforce , a finer instance of the moral sublime , than that a poor cobbler working in his stall , should conceive the idea of converting the Hindoos to Chris- tianity - yet such was Dr Carey . ' Half a century ago , there was a ...
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... says , that ' he was marched up to the Zemindar of Santipoor in a scorching sun near noon , for more than a mile and a half , his legs running in a stream of blood from the irritation of the iron . ' Once Santipoor was a large ...
... says , that ' he was marched up to the Zemindar of Santipoor in a scorching sun near noon , for more than a mile and a half , his legs running in a stream of blood from the irritation of the iron . ' Once Santipoor was a large ...
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... says Lord Valentia , was for three hours in sight , and bore from us at every point of the compass during the time , ' has been washed away and ingulfed in the stream . " Modern Nuddea , or Nabadweep , however , is situated in a ...
... says Lord Valentia , was for three hours in sight , and bore from us at every point of the compass during the time , ' has been washed away and ingulfed in the stream . " Modern Nuddea , or Nabadweep , however , is situated in a ...
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... says Tieffenthaler . There is within six miles of Cutwa a population of one hundred thousand souls . The greater portion of this population follows Vaishnavism . Coming back from our stroll through the town , we encountered a party of ...
... says Tieffenthaler . There is within six miles of Cutwa a population of one hundred thousand souls . The greater portion of this population follows Vaishnavism . Coming back from our stroll through the town , we encountered a party of ...
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... says Sir William Jones , ' is named with honour in the Vedas , in the laws of Menu , and in San- scrit poems , both sacred and popular ; it gave its name to the memorable plain called Plassey by the vulgar , but properly Palasi . Nobody ...
... says Sir William Jones , ' is named with honour in the Vedas , in the laws of Menu , and in San- scrit poems , both sacred and popular ; it gave its name to the memorable plain called Plassey by the vulgar , but properly Palasi . Nobody ...
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