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 IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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Page xlii
... Persian was unfit for general use , he undertook a journey into Persia , and , with the assistance of some in- telligent natives , completed a new version of the Testament , and also translated the Psalms into that language . He died at ...
... Persian was unfit for general use , he undertook a journey into Persia , and , with the assistance of some in- telligent natives , completed a new version of the Testament , and also translated the Psalms into that language . He died at ...
Page xlv
... Persian lite rature . August 14. - We passed some sea - weed this morning , which was considered as a singular and perplexing occurrence , since no Saxenberg was ever suspected in our present neighbourhood . It probably came from ...
... Persian lite rature . August 14. - We passed some sea - weed this morning , which was considered as a singular and perplexing occurrence , since no Saxenberg was ever suspected in our present neighbourhood . It probably came from ...
Page 66
... Persian , and Hindoostanee . There have been undoubtedly more words brought into our language from the East than I used to suspect . Cash , " which here means small money , is one of these ; but of the process of such transplantation I ...
... Persian , and Hindoostanee . There have been undoubtedly more words brought into our language from the East than I used to suspect . Cash , " which here means small money , is one of these ; but of the process of such transplantation I ...
Page 68
... Persia , Greece , Tartary , Turkey , and Arabia , all white men , and all in their turn possessing themselves of wealth and power . These circumstances must have greatly contributed to make a fair complexion fashionable . It is remark ...
... Persia , Greece , Tartary , Turkey , and Arabia , all white men , and all in their turn possessing themselves of wealth and power . These circumstances must have greatly contributed to make a fair complexion fashionable . It is remark ...
Page 69
... Persian , the Turk , the Russian , and the En- glishman . My wife and little girl having returned from their cruise to the Sandheads much benefited by the change of air , we went on the 7th of January , 70 FIRE - WORKS AT SERAMPOOR ...
... Persian , the Turk , the Russian , and the En- glishman . My wife and little girl having returned from their cruise to the Sandheads much benefited by the change of air , we went on the 7th of January , 70 FIRE - WORKS AT SERAMPOOR ...
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