The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... seen and heard himself , it must , in whatever hands , prove an interesting thing . - Horace Walpole . FROM the diary kept of our several journeys , the date of our first and earliest trip up the Hooghly appears to be the 11th of ...
... seen and heard himself , it must , in whatever hands , prove an interesting thing . - Horace Walpole . FROM the diary kept of our several journeys , the date of our first and earliest trip up the Hooghly appears to be the 11th of ...
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... seen , many a time , in our early days , the ironed skeleton of a highwayman suspended in the air . It reminded one of the period when rob- beries were committed by announcements in letters and Khurdah . - Mahesh . 5 cartels to the ...
... seen , many a time , in our early days , the ironed skeleton of a highwayman suspended in the air . It reminded one of the period when rob- beries were committed by announcements in letters and Khurdah . - Mahesh . 5 cartels to the ...
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... seen till very lately . We then sailed by the spot memorable for the labours of Carey , Ward , and Marshman - those avant- couriers of the Messiah , who first came out to this country for gospelling its people . ' I do not know , ' says ...
... seen till very lately . We then sailed by the spot memorable for the labours of Carey , Ward , and Marshman - those avant- couriers of the Messiah , who first came out to this country for gospelling its people . ' I do not know , ' says ...
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... seen a portion of this building , standing in an awfully dis- mantled state , through the long array of gloomy trees facing the river . The French flag hoisted over Chandernagore meets the eye from a long way off . The place became a ...
... seen a portion of this building , standing in an awfully dis- mantled state , through the long array of gloomy trees facing the river . The French flag hoisted over Chandernagore meets the eye from a long way off . The place became a ...
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... seen , and ghauts and pagodas occur at long intervals . The river now expands in a broader surface , but loses the grandeur of its prospect by the interruption of sand - banks . Four miles north of Triveni is Doomurdah . This is an ...
... seen , and ghauts and pagodas occur at long intervals . The river now expands in a broader surface , but loses the grandeur of its prospect by the interruption of sand - banks . Four miles north of Triveni is Doomurdah . This is an ...
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