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 2Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828 |
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... extremely high front of seven or eight stories , diminishing in the centre to something like a pediment , and flanked by two towers of equal height topped with open cupolas . Within are two spacious courts and many smaller ones ...
... extremely high front of seven or eight stories , diminishing in the centre to something like a pediment , and flanked by two towers of equal height topped with open cupolas . Within are two spacious courts and many smaller ones ...
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... extremely beau- tiful , full of fountains , cypresses , palm - trees , and flowering shrubs , with a succession of terraces and alcoves , none of them , singly taken , in good taste , but all together extremely rich and striking . Two ...
... extremely beau- tiful , full of fountains , cypresses , palm - trees , and flowering shrubs , with a succession of terraces and alcoves , none of them , singly taken , in good taste , but all together extremely rich and striking . Two ...
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... extremely blamed for all the outrageous and absurd conduct which she has pursued , and a very remarkable person at whom Colonel Raper looked with some surprise , and whom , he afterwards said , he had never seen or heard of before . He ...
... extremely blamed for all the outrageous and absurd conduct which she has pursued , and a very remarkable person at whom Colonel Raper looked with some surprise , and whom , he afterwards said , he had never seen or heard of before . He ...
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... extremely bad character , who had been very recently in open rebellion and had stood a siege against a British force . Against his appointment , however , the British Government strongly remonstrated . The Rawul was- maintained in his ...
... extremely bad character , who had been very recently in open rebellion and had stood a siege against a British force . Against his appointment , however , the British Government strongly remonstrated . The Rawul was- maintained in his ...
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... extremely beautiful , and enjoying from their windows , balconies , and terraces , one of the most striking prospects which can be conceived . The carving in stone and marble , and the inlaid flowers and ornaments in some of these ...
... extremely beautiful , and enjoying from their windows , balconies , and terraces , one of the most striking prospects which can be conceived . The carving in stone and marble , and the inlaid flowers and ornaments in some of these ...
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