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
... nearly resemble the Armenians . They are good waiters but 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 ...
... nearly resemble the Armenians . They are good waiters but 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 ...
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... 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 remarkable population and ...
... 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 remarkable population and ...
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... nearly the same acclamations as his father , and salaming , as he advanced , to the persons of rank , with almost equal grace , and more than equal gravity . After bending very low , and touching the ground before his fa- ther's seat ...
... nearly the same acclamations as his father , and salaming , as he advanced , to the persons of rank , with almost equal grace , and more than equal gravity . After bending very low , and touching the ground before his fa- ther's seat ...
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... nearly the same forms took place , mutatis mutandis , as occurred during my visit to him . The little boy was put on my knee to - day , partly , I believe , as a compliment , and partly to give the Guicwar an opportunity of talk- ing ...
... nearly the same forms took place , mutatis mutandis , as occurred during my visit to him . The little boy was put on my knee to - day , partly , I believe , as a compliment , and partly to give the Guicwar an opportunity of talk- ing ...
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... nearly 50,000 in different parts of Guzerât , that a great number of these were to as- semble together in the course of next week , on occasion of his brother's son coming of age to re- ceive the Brahminical string , but that if I staid ...
... nearly 50,000 in different parts of Guzerât , that a great number of these were to as- semble together in the course of next week , on occasion of his brother's son coming of age to re- ceive the Brahminical string , but that if I staid ...
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