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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... hands she has thrown herself hate and fear the English , and a great proportion of her " Thakoors , " or nobles , shut up in their mountain castles , pay no tribute , obey no commands , and declare that they will obey none till the ...
... hands she has thrown herself hate and fear the English , and a great proportion of her " Thakoors , " or nobles , shut up in their mountain castles , pay no tribute , obey no commands , and declare that they will obey none till the ...
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... hand , and the minister and the Nawâb beyond me ; the rest were arranged on the left and behind us . We sat cross - legged on the carpet , there being no chairs , and kept our hats on ; I was mortified to find that the Rannee never ...
... hand , and the minister and the Nawâb beyond me ; the rest were arranged on the left and behind us . We sat cross - legged on the carpet , there being no chairs , and kept our hats on ; I was mortified to find that the Rannee never ...
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... a little to the left hand , a noble old fortified palace , connected by a long line of wall and tower with a very large castle on the highest part of the hill . We now descended the ghât by a similar road to that which 12 UMEER .
... a little to the left hand , a noble old fortified palace , connected by a long line of wall and tower with a very large castle on the highest part of the hill . We now descended the ghât by a similar road to that which 12 UMEER .
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... through a dark low arch into a small court , where , to my surprise , the first object which met my eyes was a pool of blood on the pavement , by which a naked man stood with a bloody sword in his hand . The 14 PALACE AND CASTLE ,
... through a dark low arch into a small court , where , to my surprise , the first object which met my eyes was a pool of blood on the pavement , by which a naked man stood with a bloody sword in his hand . The 14 PALACE AND CASTLE ,
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... hand . The scenes through which we had passed were so romantic , that my fancy had almost been wound up to expect an adventure , and I felt , I confess , for an instant my hand instinctively clench more firmly a heavy Hindoos- tanee ...
... hand . The scenes through which we had passed were so romantic , that my fancy had almost been wound up to expect an adventure , and I felt , I confess , for an instant my hand instinctively clench more firmly a heavy Hindoos- tanee ...
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