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 xxx
... shewed considerable anxiety for any decayed finery which the ladies might supply them with , as deco- rations for Amphitrite ; and I was amused to learn that they had a copy of Took's Pantheon , which they were diligently consulting in ...
... shewed considerable anxiety for any decayed finery which the ladies might supply them with , as deco- rations for Amphitrite ; and I was amused to learn that they had a copy of Took's Pantheon , which they were diligently consulting in ...
Page xlvii
... shewed English colours , and proved to be a brig belonging to the Mauritius , and bound thither , sixty - four days from Bourdeaux . Captain Manning sent a boat on board , with the purser , partly to learn whether she was to touch at ...
... shewed English colours , and proved to be a brig belonging to the Mauritius , and bound thither , sixty - four days from Bourdeaux . Captain Manning sent a boat on board , with the purser , partly to learn whether she was to touch at ...
Page xlviii
... shewed great delight in recognizing me . She had been much distressed at seeing me go off in the boat , and twice began crying . All this , which , I trust , may be considered as indica- tions both of intelligence and affection ...
... shewed great delight in recognizing me . She had been much distressed at seeing me go off in the boat , and twice began crying . All this , which , I trust , may be considered as indica- tions both of intelligence and affection ...
Page lxi
... shewed no desire to molest the former . The day beautifully clear , but intensely hot . Both to - day and yesterday the fra- grance of the land , or at least the peculiar smell which denotes its neighbourhood , was perceived by the ...
... shewed no desire to molest the former . The day beautifully clear , but intensely hot . Both to - day and yesterday the fra- grance of the land , or at least the peculiar smell which denotes its neighbourhood , was perceived by the ...
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... shewed us a little elevated mound like a grave , which they said was their refuge when the last inundation was at its height . So closely and mysteriously do the instruments of production and destruction , plenty and pestilence , life ...
... shewed us a little elevated mound like a grave , which they said was their refuge when the last inundation was at its height . So closely and mysteriously do the instruments of production and destruction , plenty and pestilence , life ...
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