The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page xviii
... Turning , however , to the individual subject before us , it may be remarked that the Baboo is thoroughly in earnest in his desire to extend his own views as regards religion and religious worship amongst his fellow - countrymen . In ...
... Turning , however , to the individual subject before us , it may be remarked that the Baboo is thoroughly in earnest in his desire to extend his own views as regards religion and religious worship amongst his fellow - countrymen . In ...
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... She then sat facing the east , but , turn- ing to hear the song of the boatmen as they passed by her ghât , she had her face turned towards the river ever since . ! Cossipore . - Burranagur . - Duckinasore . — Balli 2 Travels of a Hindoo .
... She then sat facing the east , but , turn- ing to hear the song of the boatmen as they passed by her ghât , she had her face turned towards the river ever since . ! Cossipore . - Burranagur . - Duckinasore . — Balli 2 Travels of a Hindoo .
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... turned an honest Benedick in his old age . His descendants are the Provoos and Gossains , or Gentoo Bishops , ' as Mr Holwell calls them . The Gossains promise to ferry you across the Bhubo - Sindhoo , or the Ocean of Life , upon their ...
... turned an honest Benedick in his old age . His descendants are the Provoos and Gossains , or Gentoo Bishops , ' as Mr Holwell calls them . The Gossains promise to ferry you across the Bhubo - Sindhoo , or the Ocean of Life , upon their ...
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... turned out the remains of wrecked vessels beneath the earth which has overlaid the bed of the deserted channel . Satgaon is of great antiquity , having been known to the Romans under the name of Ganges Regia . It is said to have been a ...
... turned out the remains of wrecked vessels beneath the earth which has overlaid the bed of the deserted channel . Satgaon is of great antiquity , having been known to the Romans under the name of Ganges Regia . It is said to have been a ...
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... turning the dead into vapours . But Choitunya seems to have set aside his rule , and brought sumajs , or burials , into fashion . The most eminent of his followers have all of them the honours of sepulture done to their ashes . The ...
... turning the dead into vapours . But Choitunya seems to have set aside his rule , and brought sumajs , or burials , into fashion . The most eminent of his followers have all of them the honours of sepulture done to their ashes . The ...
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