Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825: With Notes Upon Ceylon, [and] an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India, Volume 1B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1985 |
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Page xxv
... night . At about five in the evening we saw Madeira on our larboard bow . The horizon was unfortunately hazy , and the night shut in with clouds , otherwise we should , about an hour after , have had a fine view of the land at about ...
... night . At about five in the evening we saw Madeira on our larboard bow . The horizon was unfortunately hazy , and the night shut in with clouds , otherwise we should , about an hour after , have had a fine view of the land at about ...
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... night's sail better than a day's tracking ? " Yes , my Lord , " was the answer of one of the men , " but toil is better than peril , and the eye of the day than the blindness of the night . " It was plain that they were all afraid of ...
... night's sail better than a day's tracking ? " Yes , my Lord , " was the answer of one of the men , " but toil is better than peril , and the eye of the day than the blindness of the night . " It was plain that they were all afraid of ...
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... night . I had heard at Patna of a lady who once lay a whole night with a cobra de capello under her pillow ; she repeatedly thought during the night that something moved , and in the morning when she snatched her pillow away , she found ...
... night . I had heard at Patna of a lady who once lay a whole night with a cobra de capello under her pillow ; she repeatedly thought during the night that something moved , and in the morning when she snatched her pillow away , she found ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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