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 ix
... tion , was duly estimated by himself , and is now acknowledged with thankfulness by his widow . The Editor trusts she may be forgiven for intruding any mention of her own feelings ; but she would find it difficult at this moment to ...
... tion , was duly estimated by himself , and is now acknowledged with thankfulness by his widow . The Editor trusts she may be forgiven for intruding any mention of her own feelings ; but she would find it difficult at this moment to ...
Page xxxv
... tion on the globe , we had the opportunity of seeing many of the most considerable constellations of both hemispheres . Those of the northern heaven fall far short of the other in number and brilliancy ; even the cross , for which I had ...
... tion on the globe , we had the opportunity of seeing many of the most considerable constellations of both hemispheres . Those of the northern heaven fall far short of the other in number and brilliancy ; even the cross , for which I had ...
Page xli
... fore held all ceremonies superfluous and unavail- ing . I reminded him that his Church and mine agreed in the efficacy and necessity of occasion- ally receiving the Communion , but the conversa- xlii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . tion ...
... fore held all ceremonies superfluous and unavail- ing . I reminded him that his Church and mine agreed in the efficacy and necessity of occasion- ally receiving the Communion , but the conversa- xlii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . tion ...
Page xlii
... tion went no further . Possibly he meant that the forms required by the Church of England , where they differ from those of Scotland , were such as he did not approve of . If so , as I have reason to be- lieve that many persons , both ...
... tion went no further . Possibly he meant that the forms required by the Church of England , where they differ from those of Scotland , were such as he did not approve of . If so , as I have reason to be- lieve that many persons , both ...
Page 18
... tion of " Ecclesia , " is employed when speaking of any place of worship . Most of these people looked unhealthy . Their village and its vicinity appeared to owe their fertility to excessive humidity under a burning sun . Most of the ...
... tion of " Ecclesia , " is employed when speaking of any place of worship . Most of these people looked unhealthy . Their village and its vicinity appeared to owe their fertility to excessive humidity under a burning sun . Most of the ...
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