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 xxii
... expected in the pa- rallel of Spain . June 25. - We had this day a considerable swell with a foul wind , though not much of it . A grampus came close to the ship and played round us for some time . In his apparent size he disappointed ...
... expected in the pa- rallel of Spain . June 25. - We had this day a considerable swell with a foul wind , though not much of it . A grampus came close to the ship and played round us for some time . In his apparent size he disappointed ...
Page xxiii
... expected . Accord- ingly , on the wind rising a little after sun - set , all hands were called to take in the royal or upper top - gallant sails , and the company were told off with a reference to the duties expected from them with more ...
... expected . Accord- ingly , on the wind rising a little after sun - set , all hands were called to take in the royal or upper top - gallant sails , and the company were told off with a reference to the duties expected from them with more ...
Page xxxiv
... expected . With the distance and usual aids of a theatre , the show would not have been con- temptible , while there was , as might be supposed , a sufficient mixture of the ludicrous to suit the poses of fun and caricature . pur ...
... expected . With the distance and usual aids of a theatre , the show would not have been con- temptible , while there was , as might be supposed , a sufficient mixture of the ludicrous to suit the poses of fun and caricature . pur ...
Page xlv
... expected . I had imagined , I hardly know why , that it was to be a small high slender jet - d'eau , whereas it escaped in a thick white cloud , like the steam from an engine , and with pretty nearly the same noise . I was pleased to ...
... expected . I had imagined , I hardly know why , that it was to be a small high slender jet - d'eau , whereas it escaped in a thick white cloud , like the steam from an engine , and with pretty nearly the same noise . I was pleased to ...
Page xlvii
... expected . A vessel this morning came in sight , which Captain Man- ning apprehended to be bound to the Cape . Every body went in all haste to finish or write their let- ters . I had already a huge packet accumulating . We came up with ...
... expected . A vessel this morning came in sight , which Captain Man- ning apprehended to be bound to the Cape . Every body went in all haste to finish or write their let- ters . I had already a huge packet accumulating . We came up with ...
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