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 xviii
... whole deck being strewed , during the greater part of the morning , with trunks and packages either shut or open , looked as if we had been boarded and rifled by pirates . To - day I finished " Quentin Durward , " which I had kept as a ...
... whole deck being strewed , during the greater part of the morning , with trunks and packages either shut or open , looked as if we had been boarded and rifled by pirates . To - day I finished " Quentin Durward , " which I had kept as a ...
Page xxvi
... interest . I am , on the whole , more and more confirmed in the opinion which Horsley has expressed in one of his Sermons , that a theo- ' Sixth Sunday after Trinity . JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . xxvii logical argument.
... interest . I am , on the whole , more and more confirmed in the opinion which Horsley has expressed in one of his Sermons , that a theo- ' Sixth Sunday after Trinity . JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . xxvii logical argument.
Page xxvii
... whole flights to the right and left of the bow , flying off in different directions , as if the vast body of the ship alarmed and disturbed them . Others , however , at a greater distance , kept rising and falling without any visible ...
... whole flights to the right and left of the bow , flying off in different directions , as if the vast body of the ship alarmed and disturbed them . Others , however , at a greater distance , kept rising and falling without any visible ...
Page xxxv
... whole host of heaven . The Pole Star has disappeared . The Magellanic clouds are not yet visible . We have now been six weeks on board . How little did I dream , at this time last year , that I should ever be in my present situation ...
... whole host of heaven . The Pole Star has disappeared . The Magellanic clouds are not yet visible . We have now been six weeks on board . How little did I dream , at this time last year , that I should ever be in my present situation ...
Page xli
... whole , the result of the experiment , ( for such it was considered , ) has been most satisfac- tory ; and I ought to be , and I hope am , very grate- ful for the attention which I receive , and the op- portunities of doing good , which ...
... whole , the result of the experiment , ( for such it was considered , ) has been most satisfac- tory ; and I ought to be , and I hope am , very grate- ful for the attention which I receive , and the op- portunities of doing good , which ...
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