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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... Presents from the Rannee - Revenues- Umeer - Lake - Great Palace and Fort - Death of the Soubahdar - Departure from Jyepoor -Manners of the Rajpoots - Children of the Sun - Salt Lake - Opium ... present instance carried her point with.
... Presents from the Rannee - Revenues- Umeer - Lake - Great Palace and Fort - Death of the Soubahdar - Departure from Jyepoor -Manners of the Rajpoots - Children of the Sun - Salt Lake - Opium ... present instance carried her point with.
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... present instance carried her point with our Government , and obtained its concurrence to a ministry of her own choice , there is little probability of matters going on smoothly much longer between us , or even if the British were out of ...
... present instance carried her point with our Government , and obtained its concurrence to a ministry of her own choice , there is little probability of matters going on smoothly much longer between us , or even if the British were out of ...
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... presents going in pro- cession before us . Of these presents it appeared that the elephant was lame , and so vicious that few people ventured to go near him . One of the horses was a very pretty black , but he also turned out as lame as ...
... presents going in pro- cession before us . Of these presents it appeared that the elephant was lame , and so vicious that few people ventured to go near him . One of the horses was a very pretty black , but he also turned out as lame as ...
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... present rate of exchange less than a million pounds sterling ) annually . They were generally on pretty good terms with the Emperors of Delhi , and though nominally vassals , they always pre- served a state of real independance of their ...
... present rate of exchange less than a million pounds sterling ) annually . They were generally on pretty good terms with the Emperors of Delhi , and though nominally vassals , they always pre- served a state of real independance of their ...
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... present day , or England in the time of Ivanhoe , with the additional misery that foreign invaders were added to domestic feudal tyrants . This anarchy has never yet been completely put a stop to in the remoter provinces , but it had in ...
... present day , or England in the time of Ivanhoe , with the additional misery that foreign invaders were added to domestic feudal tyrants . This anarchy has never yet been completely put a stop to in the remoter provinces , but it had in ...
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