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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Page 20
... language of the Rajpoots is extremely different from the Hindoostanee . It is , I apprehend , much nearer the Sanscrit , but even in the words which are common to them and their neighbours , their thick pronunciation , making the " s ...
... language of the Rajpoots is extremely different from the Hindoostanee . It is , I apprehend , much nearer the Sanscrit , but even in the words which are common to them and their neighbours , their thick pronunciation , making the " s ...
Page 40
... language in high style and with much animation , as a sort of challenge to an Amoebæan contest . He spoke so rapidly that I caught even less of his meaning than of the bard's before , but the measure struck me as very nearly approaching ...
... language in high style and with much animation , as a sort of challenge to an Amoebæan contest . He spoke so rapidly that I caught even less of his meaning than of the bard's before , but the measure struck me as very nearly approaching ...
Page 41
... language , intermixed with the most frightful curses which an angry poet could invent . There was no redress , and the merchant , though a man of great power and influence at court , was advised to bribe him into silence ; this he ...
... language , intermixed with the most frightful curses which an angry poet could invent . There was no redress , and the merchant , though a man of great power and influence at court , was advised to bribe him into silence ; this he ...
Page 43
... language and manners in a very unusual degree . He was on terms of close friendship with Zalim Singh of Kotah , and has left a name there as honourable as in Oodeypoor . His misfortune was that , in consequence of his favour- ing the ...
... language and manners in a very unusual degree . He was on terms of close friendship with Zalim Singh of Kotah , and has left a name there as honourable as in Oodeypoor . His misfortune was that , in consequence of his favour- ing the ...
Page 51
... languages very fluently , while travel- ling lately with his father and mother in their way from Mhow , observed some Bheels looking earnestly at a large drove of laden bullocks which were drinking in a ford of the Bunass . He asked one ...
... languages very fluently , while travel- ling lately with his father and mother in their way from Mhow , observed some Bheels looking earnestly at a large drove of laden bullocks which were drinking in a ford of the Bunass . He asked one ...
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appearance arrived Athanasius Baroda beautiful believe Benares Bengal Bheels Bishop blessing Bombay brahmins building bungalow called Captain Ceylon Chaplain Charun Chittore Christian Church Church of England Clergy climate Colombo Colonel Raper considerable cultivated David Ochterlony dear district elephant Elphinstone England English European favourable Government Guzerât handsome heard HEBER hills Hindoo Hindoostanee Hindostan honour hope horses India inhabitants island journey jungle Jyepoor kind less letter Lord Madras Maharattas Malwah manner Mar Athanasius Mar Gregorius matchlocks miles missionaries morning Mussulman native Neemuch neighbourhood Nusseerabad officers ornamented palanqueen passed persons poor present pretty principal Raja Rajpoots received REGINALD CALCUTTA residence respect river road round Salsette seemed seen sent sepoys servants shew Sir Edward Barnes society station Tamul temple tents Thakoor thing told town Travancore trees usual village wild