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 India, Volume 1John Murray, 1828 |
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... pretty close with us at about eight ; a small dark - sided brig , of very beautiful build , and with a British pendant , which made her pass for a man of war , though , on a nearer approach , the apparent slovenliness of her equipment ...
... pretty close with us at about eight ; a small dark - sided brig , of very beautiful build , and with a British pendant , which made her pass for a man of war , though , on a nearer approach , the apparent slovenliness of her equipment ...
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... pretty , not unlike the land bird whose name they bear , and which they are said to resemble in flavour . For these last three days the existence or non - existence of the island of Saxenberg has been a frequent topic of conver- sation ...
... pretty , not unlike the land bird whose name they bear , and which they are said to resemble in flavour . For these last three days the existence or non - existence of the island of Saxenberg has been a frequent topic of conver- sation ...
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... pretty nearly the same noise . I was pleased to witness the apparent happiness of these poor ani- mals , which were supposed to be two old ones with one or more young ; and rejoiced that no southern whaler was in sight . While we were ...
... pretty nearly the same noise . I was pleased to witness the apparent happiness of these poor ani- mals , which were supposed to be two old ones with one or more young ; and rejoiced that no southern whaler was in sight . While we were ...
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... pretty much like a grove of Scotch firs . I here remarked the difference between the coco and the palmira : the latter with a narrower leaf than the former , and at this time of year without fruit , with which the other abounded . For a ...
... pretty much like a grove of Scotch firs . I here remarked the difference between the coco and the palmira : the latter with a narrower leaf than the former , and at this time of year without fruit , with which the other abounded . For a ...
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... pretty equally divided between the different na- tions ; and all the west of Calcutta is a vast town , composed of narrow crooked streets , brick bazars , bamboo huts , and here and there the immense convent - like mansion of some of ...
... pretty equally divided between the different na- tions ; and all the west of Calcutta is a vast town , composed of narrow crooked streets , brick bazars , bamboo huts , and here and there the immense convent - like mansion of some of ...
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Page 173 - How gaily would our pinnace glide o'er Gunga's mimic sea! I miss thee at the dawning grey, when, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, and woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream my twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Page 177 - O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade And dusk anana's prickly blade ; While o'er the brake, so wild and fair, The betel waves his crest in air. With pendant train and rushing wings, Aloft the gorgeous peacock springs ; And he, the bird of hundred dyes, Whose plumes the dames of Ava prize. So rich a shade, so green a sod, Our English Fairies never trod ! Yet who in Indian bower has stood, But thought on England's
Page 174 - But miss thy kind approving eye, thy meek attentive ear. But when of morn and eve the star beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, thy prayers ascend for me. Then on ! then on ! where duty leads my course be onward still, — O'er broad Hindostan's sultry meads, o'er bleak Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi's kingly gates, nor wild Malwah detain, For sweet the bliss us both awaits by yonder western main.
Page 246 - ... of the houses, which have mostly arched rows in front, with little shops behind them. Above these, the houses are richly embellished with verandahs, galleries, projecting oriel windows, and very broad and overhanging eaves, supported by carved brackets. The number of temples...
Page 485 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Page 246 - Hunimaun, the divine ape, who conquered Ceylon for Rama, are in some parts of the town equally numerous, clinging to all the roofs and little projections of the temples, putting their impertinent heads and hands into every fruiterer's or confectioner's shop, and snatching the food from the children at their meals. Faqueer"s...
Page 247 - Siva's trident," a place so blessed, that whoever dies here, of whatever sect, even though he should be an eater of beef, so he will but be charitable to the poor brahmins, is sure of salvation.
Page 177 - Come on ! Yet pause ! — behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough, Where gemming oft that sacred gloom, Glows the geranium's scarlet bloom, And winds our path through many a bower, Of fragrant tree and...
Page 61 - Oude, and ornamented all over with fish, embroidered in gold, — a device which is here considered a badge of royalty. I was amused by one peculiarity, which I had never before heard of; while the elephant is going on, a man walks by his side, telling him where to tread, bidding him
Page 469 - The earnest desire of this good man is to be ordained a clergyman of the church of England, and if God spares his life and mine, I hope, during the Ember weeks in this next autumn, to confer orders on him.