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 xli
... give him an opportunity soon after our arrival at Calcutta . On the whole , the result of the experiment , ( for such it was considered , ) has been most satisfac- tory ; and I ought to be , and I hope am , very grate- ful for the ...
... give him an opportunity soon after our arrival at Calcutta . On the whole , the result of the experiment , ( for such it was considered , ) has been most satisfac- tory ; and I ought to be , and I hope am , very grate- ful for the ...
Page xlviii
... give those parents a daily increasing motive for gratitude to Him who has lent her to them . Dear little thing ! I did not suppose , before I pos- sessed her , how closely a child of her age can en- twine itself round the heart . I have ...
... give those parents a daily increasing motive for gratitude to Him who has lent her to them . Dear little thing ! I did not suppose , before I pos- sessed her , how closely a child of her age can en- twine itself round the heart . I have ...
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... gives the idea of ill - health , and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino . There is , indeed , something in a Negro which requires long habit to reconcile the eye to him ; but for this the features and the ...
... gives the idea of ill - health , and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino . There is , indeed , something in a Negro which requires long habit to reconcile the eye to him ; but for this the features and the ...
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... give farther and greater trouble in the Indian Seas to ourselves and other European nations . Accidents often happen in this great river , and storms are frequent and violent . The river is now unusually high , and the Brahmins have ...
... give farther and greater trouble in the Indian Seas to ourselves and other European nations . Accidents often happen in this great river , and storms are frequent and violent . The river is now unusually high , and the Brahmins have ...
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... gives much offence . Some of the natives , however , came up and offered to shew us the way to the pagoda , " the Temple , " they said , " of Mahadeo . " We followed them through the beautiful grove which overshadowed their dwellings ...
... gives much offence . Some of the natives , however , came up and offered to shew us the way to the pagoda , " the Temple , " they said , " of Mahadeo . " We followed them through the beautiful grove which overshadowed their dwellings ...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from ..., Volume 1 Reginald Heber,Amelia Heber No preview available - 2016 |
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