The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page xi
... scarcely open to question . His thoughts and expressions respecting family and social life were evidently moulded by a Hindoo training ; whilst his observ- ations and opinions , especially as regards places of pilgrim- age and other ...
... scarcely open to question . His thoughts and expressions respecting family and social life were evidently moulded by a Hindoo training ; whilst his observ- ations and opinions , especially as regards places of pilgrim- age and other ...
Page xviii
... scarcely a thousand have been made in all Calcutta ; and it was especially remarked that there was a great falling off in 1866 , which was the memorable year of the famine . Turning , however , to the individual subject before us , it ...
... scarcely a thousand have been made in all Calcutta ; and it was especially remarked that there was a great falling off in 1866 , which was the memorable year of the famine . Turning , however , to the individual subject before us , it ...
Page xx
... scarcely ever expected by their families . Under such circumstances a young Bengalee was rarely allowed to leave the parental roof ; and a little voyage up the river to Chinsurah or Hooghly was often a matter of boast , and the hero of ...
... scarcely ever expected by their families . Under such circumstances a young Bengalee was rarely allowed to leave the parental roof ; and a little voyage up the river to Chinsurah or Hooghly was often a matter of boast , and the hero of ...
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... scarcely any claims to excellence . The Marquis of Wellesley had originally commenced this building with the intention of making it a suitable abode for one who had subverted the throne of Tippoo , humbled the gigantic power of the ...
... scarcely any claims to excellence . The Marquis of Wellesley had originally commenced this building with the intention of making it a suitable abode for one who had subverted the throne of Tippoo , humbled the gigantic power of the ...
Page 14
... scarcely remembered , and has not been thought worth taking notice of by any of our historians , though it has done far more for our civilization and well - being than can be hoped for from railroads and telegraphs . The Bandel church ...
... scarcely remembered , and has not been thought worth taking notice of by any of our historians , though it has done far more for our civilization and well - being than can be hoped for from railroads and telegraphs . The Bandel church ...
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