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 xxi
... close with us at about eight ; a small dark - sided brig , of very beau- tiful build , and with a British pendant , which made her pass for a man of war , though , on a nearer ap- proach , the apparent slovenliness of her equipment ...
... close with us at about eight ; a small dark - sided brig , of very beau- tiful build , and with a British pendant , which made her pass for a man of war , though , on a nearer ap- proach , the apparent slovenliness of her equipment ...
Page xxii
... close to the ship and played round us for some time . In his apparent size he disappointed me , though every body said that if he had been on deck , he would have measured fourteen or fifteen feet . He presented , as I should conceive ...
... close to the ship and played round us for some time . In his apparent size he disappointed me , though every body said that if he had been on deck , he would have measured fourteen or fifteen feet . He presented , as I should conceive ...
Page xxix
... close day , with much swell and little or no wind . The sails flapped dismally ; the foretop sail was split ; and I saw with interest the dexterity of the sail - maker in repairing the da- mage without unbinding it from the yard . The ...
... close day , with much swell and little or no wind . The sails flapped dismally ; the foretop sail was split ; and I saw with interest the dexterity of the sail - maker in repairing the da- mage without unbinding it from the yard . The ...
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... close contact with each other , surrounded by dangers and hardships , and removed from all regular mi- nistry of the Gospel , ) has not these benefits coun- terbalanced , by the self - conceit , the enthusiasm , and divisions in faith ...
... close contact with each other , surrounded by dangers and hardships , and removed from all regular mi- nistry of the Gospel , ) has not these benefits coun- terbalanced , by the self - conceit , the enthusiasm , and divisions in faith ...
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... again was lashed a coarse cloth , the whole forming an excellent shade from the sun ; but , as I should apprehend , intolerably close . The " Se- t 1 A native agent , as well as a money - lender . En 6 BANKS OF THE RIVER . rang , " or.
... again was lashed a coarse cloth , the whole forming an excellent shade from the sun ; but , as I should apprehend , intolerably close . The " Se- t 1 A native agent , as well as a money - lender . En 6 BANKS OF THE RIVER . rang , " or.
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