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 26
... lives . I earnestly urged the vakeel to tell her that there was nothing which could do her so much harm as these rash and violent proceedings , since there was nothing which shocked the English so much . That if her servants did any ...
... lives . I earnestly urged the vakeel to tell her that there was nothing which could do her so much harm as these rash and violent proceedings , since there was nothing which shocked the English so much . That if her servants did any ...
Page 31
... live rock . There are bomb - proofs to a vast extent , and store - houses like wells , where corn , ghee , & c . used to be kept , and , with very little improvement from European skill , it might easily be made a second Gibraltar . It ...
... live rock . There are bomb - proofs to a vast extent , and store - houses like wells , where corn , ghee , & c . used to be kept , and , with very little improvement from European skill , it might easily be made a second Gibraltar . It ...
Page 32
... lives in a small house fitted up out of a summer- house erected by Shah Jehanguire on the very " bund " or dam of this lake , and with its waters beating against the basement . The building is prettily carved and lined with white marble ...
... lives in a small house fitted up out of a summer- house erected by Shah Jehanguire on the very " bund " or dam of this lake , and with its waters beating against the basement . The building is prettily carved and lined with white marble ...
Page 38
... lives in their native country . He was very anxious to hear news from Greece , and I felt sorry that I had nothing good to tell him . I prevailed on him to eat some cold meat and drink some claret , but he would not sit down in the same ...
... lives in their native country . He was very anxious to hear news from Greece , and I felt sorry that I had nothing good to tell him . I prevailed on him to eat some cold meat and drink some claret , but he would not sit down in the same ...
Page 64
... live on damaged or inferior rice , in itself a food of very little nourishment , and probably arises from a weakness of the digestive powers . I was grieved to think I had insulted a man who might be in distress , but Dr. Smith ...
... live on damaged or inferior rice , in itself a food of very little nourishment , and probably arises from a weakness of the digestive powers . I was grieved to think I had insulted a man who might be in distress , but Dr. Smith ...
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