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 57
... POOR . 57 change which seems to be taking place in the cha- racter of this vast nation , or at least in the pro ... poor ( for there are no poor rates ) , and is managed with great judgment and attention by a body of gentle- men ...
... POOR . 57 change which seems to be taking place in the cha- racter of this vast nation , or at least in the pro ... poor ( for there are no poor rates ) , and is managed with great judgment and attention by a body of gentle- men ...
Page 157
... poor men worked like horses at the towing line , but could hardly make head against it . This precipitous bank , how- ever , is very woody , picturesque , and populous , and the fishing - boats mooring under it in great num- bers , give ...
... poor men worked like horses at the towing line , but could hardly make head against it . This precipitous bank , how- ever , is very woody , picturesque , and populous , and the fishing - boats mooring under it in great num- bers , give ...
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... poor Miss Stowe , and provided as far as I could for the comfort and safety of her dismal homeward journey , about noon , when I was hurrying the Serang to make sail , I received a letter from my poor wife , with an account of the ...
... poor Miss Stowe , and provided as far as I could for the comfort and safety of her dismal homeward journey , about noon , when I was hurrying the Serang to make sail , I received a letter from my poor wife , with an account of the ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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