Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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... LANDS OF THE BIBLE . The Lands of the Bible visited and described , in an exten- sive journey undertaken with special reference to the Promotion of Biblical research and the advancement of the cause of philanthropy . By John Wilson ...
... LANDS OF THE BIBLE . The Lands of the Bible visited and described , in an exten- sive journey undertaken with special reference to the Promotion of Biblical research and the advancement of the cause of philanthropy . By John Wilson ...
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... land of yesterday . Here no crowds of pilgrims wear away the road to shrines , which the giant superstition of centuries has hal- lowed . No monuments raised by the unremitting labour of mul- titudes attract the gaze of the pious Hindu ...
... land of yesterday . Here no crowds of pilgrims wear away the road to shrines , which the giant superstition of centuries has hal- lowed . No monuments raised by the unremitting labour of mul- titudes attract the gaze of the pious Hindu ...
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... lands which hold water like a cask , and are impassable for man or horse during six or seven months of the year . This crop is sown from the middle of May to the end of June and cut after the space 4 THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES .
... lands which hold water like a cask , and are impassable for man or horse during six or seven months of the year . This crop is sown from the middle of May to the end of June and cut after the space 4 THE PLAINS OF THE LOWER GANGES .
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... land is again subjected to the plough , and at the close of the rains when the last departing shower has well soaked the upturned clods , the cold weather crop is sown in all its profuse variety . Under the above comprehensive term we ...
... land is again subjected to the plough , and at the close of the rains when the last departing shower has well soaked the upturned clods , the cold weather crop is sown in all its profuse variety . Under the above comprehensive term we ...
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... land , or tossing in impotence against those mighty barriers which the patient Dutchman has erected , may be tempted to speculate for a moment , whether if the destinies of India had been committed to that nation , which at one time ...
... land , or tossing in impotence against those mighty barriers which the patient Dutchman has erected , may be tempted to speculate for a moment , whether if the destinies of India had been committed to that nation , which at one time ...
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