Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with Notes Upon Ceylon,) an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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Page xx
... better than many of Scott's later works , nor is there any man now living but Walter Scott who could have written it . So ends the last critique that I shall , in all probability , compose for a long time to come ! On the 21st we had ...
... better than many of Scott's later works , nor is there any man now living but Walter Scott who could have written it . So ends the last critique that I shall , in all probability , compose for a long time to come ! On the 21st we had ...
Page xxiv
... better progress than we had done for a good while . The breeze continued to freshen from the N. E. and the day was pleasant . A vessel bound for London , three days from Funchal , passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that ...
... better progress than we had done for a good while . The breeze continued to freshen from the N. E. and the day was pleasant . A vessel bound for London , three days from Funchal , passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that ...
Page xxix
... better opportunities of amusement ; this was a truly torrid day . July 15. - A hot and close day , with much swell and little or no wind . The sails flapped dismally ; the foretop sail was split ; and I saw with interest the dexterity ...
... better opportunities of amusement ; this was a truly torrid day . July 15. - A hot and close day , with much swell and little or no wind . The sails flapped dismally ; the foretop sail was split ; and I saw with interest the dexterity ...
Page xxxi
... better character now with those of our own country than I had under- stood , or than they really used to do . They are not so grievously addicted to lying as they were once said to be . They have less animosity against the English than ...
... better character now with those of our own country than I had under- stood , or than they really used to do . They are not so grievously addicted to lying as they were once said to be . They have less animosity against the English than ...
Page xliii
... better guides to devotion than their own extemporaneous invention - and , still more , by a regular performance of Divine ser- vice according to the English Liturgy , wherever , and whenever this is possible . On board the Gren- ville ...
... better guides to devotion than their own extemporaneous invention - and , still more , by a regular performance of Divine ser- vice according to the English Liturgy , wherever , and whenever this is possible . On board the Gren- ville ...
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