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 : in Three Volumes, Volume 3Murray, 1828 - 525 pages |
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Page 7
... less respectful , and I think less cleanly than their brethren in the east . Instead of " Koee hue , " who's there ? the way of calling a servant is , " boy , " a corruption , I believe , of " bhae , " brother . The Bombay Sepoys were ...
... less respectful , and I think less cleanly than their brethren in the east . Instead of " Koee hue , " who's there ? the way of calling a servant is , " boy , " a corruption , I believe , of " bhae , " brother . The Bombay Sepoys were ...
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... less than eighty lacs , or , nearly , £ 800,000 , exceeds greatly any thing which might have been expected from the surface under his rule , and the wild and jungly nature of some parts of it , and can only be accounted for by the ...
... less than eighty lacs , or , nearly , £ 800,000 , exceeds greatly any thing which might have been expected from the surface under his rule , and the wild and jungly nature of some parts of it , and can only be accounted for by the ...
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... less , and yet may eventually , by God's blessing , be of some use to him . There were two or three Patans who asked many questions about the present state of Rohil- cund , and listened with great interest to the ac- count which I gave ...
... less , and yet may eventually , by God's blessing , be of some use to him . There were two or three Patans who asked many questions about the present state of Rohil- cund , and listened with great interest to the ac- count which I gave ...
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... less might suffice in Hindostan , here these outward forms were both desireable and necessary ! To this I could say nothing , and proceeded on my march ; though I could not help thinking that since the days of Thomas a Becket or ...
... less might suffice in Hindostan , here these outward forms were both desireable and necessary ! To this I could say nothing , and proceeded on my march ; though I could not help thinking that since the days of Thomas a Becket or ...
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... less satisfied with their intelligence , acuteness , and readiness in the acquisition of the necessary degree of mathematical science . From these gentlemen I gleaned several interesting facts about the inhabitants of this country . Its ...
... less satisfied with their intelligence , acuteness , and readiness in the acquisition of the necessary degree of mathematical science . From these gentlemen I gleaned several interesting facts about the inhabitants of this country . Its ...
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