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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... four , with ornamented windows and balconies , and many of them finely carved . They are interspersed with some handsome temples in the same style with those of Benares , and in the centre of the town , and adjoining the palace , is a ...
... four , with ornamented windows and balconies , and many of them finely carved . They are interspersed with some handsome temples in the same style with those of Benares , and in the centre of the town , and adjoining the palace , is a ...
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... four or five , ( I do not think there were more , ) lounging fellows with shields slung over their shoulders and lances lying near them , in different parts of the out - buildings . I was surprised at so poor a muster among the warlike ...
... four or five , ( I do not think there were more , ) lounging fellows with shields slung over their shoulders and lances lying near them , in different parts of the out - buildings . I was surprised at so poor a muster among the warlike ...
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... four elegantly carved kiosks projecting from its roof , and a few cypresses peeping over its walls , which they said was the zennana , and not allowed to be seen ; and above this again , but communicating by a succes- sion of gates and ...
... four elegantly carved kiosks projecting from its roof , and a few cypresses peeping over its walls , which they said was the zennana , and not allowed to be seen ; and above this again , but communicating by a succes- sion of gates and ...
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... four rupees and a half per month , and even this pittance was often several months in arrear . He made shift , he said , to support himself , but his wife and children at home were starving . Dr. Smith asked him if he should have ...
... four rupees and a half per month , and even this pittance was often several months in arrear . He made shift , he said , to support himself , but his wife and children at home were starving . Dr. Smith asked him if he should have ...
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... four and five coss to Kishenghur . The country half - way continued open and barren . Afterwards , without ceasing to be barren , it was a good deal covered by thorny trees ; and at length we ascended a rugged chain of granite hills ...
... four and five coss to Kishenghur . The country half - way continued open and barren . Afterwards , without ceasing to be barren , it was a good deal covered by thorny trees ; and at length we ascended a rugged chain of granite hills ...
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