Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia, Volume 14Wm. H. Allen & Company, 1834 |
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Page 4
... four horses , and driven by postilions , the property of rich natives , appear on the public drives and at reviews , and occasionally a buggy or cabriolet of a very splendid description may be seen , having the hood of black velvet ...
... four horses , and driven by postilions , the property of rich natives , appear on the public drives and at reviews , and occasionally a buggy or cabriolet of a very splendid description may be seen , having the hood of black velvet ...
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... four times , crying hip ! hip and roared before they drank more wine . After dinner , they danced in their licentious manner , pulling about each other's wives . " Here follows a bit of personal scandal : " Captain , who is staying with ...
... four times , crying hip ! hip and roared before they drank more wine . After dinner , they danced in their licentious manner , pulling about each other's wives . " Here follows a bit of personal scandal : " Captain , who is staying with ...
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... four hours . This kind of weather lasts four months , and European residents must content themselves with in - door amusements the whole period of its duration . The rains and the cold sea- son are both very agreeable ; but there is one ...
... four hours . This kind of weather lasts four months , and European residents must content themselves with in - door amusements the whole period of its duration . The rains and the cold sea- son are both very agreeable ; but there is one ...
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... four streets , opening from the middle of each side , and not at the angles , according to the usual European custom . The whole extent of the streets , which are ninety feet in width , and the façade of the square , present an unbroken ...
... four streets , opening from the middle of each side , and not at the angles , according to the usual European custom . The whole extent of the streets , which are ninety feet in width , and the façade of the square , present an unbroken ...
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... four , or as some told me , to have appeared , like the Hindu gods , in twenty - four different Avatars . These are the gods of the Jain , Shrawak , or Banian castes , who are a gloomy tribe of atheistical ascetics , not unlike the ...
... four , or as some told me , to have appeared , like the Hindu gods , in twenty - four different Avatars . These are the gods of the Jain , Shrawak , or Banian castes , who are a gloomy tribe of atheistical ascetics , not unlike the ...
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