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 vi
... light only he considered the work now offered to the world . If the Editor has retained too many proofs of her husband's attachment to her and love for his children , or too many traits of that kindness of heart for which he was so emi ...
... light only he considered the work now offered to the world . If the Editor has retained too many proofs of her husband's attachment to her and love for his children , or too many traits of that kindness of heart for which he was so emi ...
Page xxviii
... light , was steady . One of the sailors , a lad about seventeen , was ac- cused of having , in wanton cruelty , stabbed and cut a sheep so severely that it bled to death . He had been cleaning knives near the sheep - pen , and the ...
... light , was steady . One of the sailors , a lad about seventeen , was ac- cused of having , in wanton cruelty , stabbed and cut a sheep so severely that it bled to death . He had been cleaning knives near the sheep - pen , and the ...
Page xlvii
... having fairly distanced every vessel which she has fallen in with , except the Christiana , whom we spoke off Madeira , and who was so much favoured by the light wind and other cir- 8 xlviii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . cumstances ,
... having fairly distanced every vessel which she has fallen in with , except the Christiana , whom we spoke off Madeira , and who was so much favoured by the light wind and other cir- 8 xlviii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . cumstances ,
Page lii
... light wind would have done . On Wednesday evening and Thursday morn- ing more particularly , though the weather was such a perfect calm that the ship was absolutely her own mistress , and would not answer the helm , yet we found to our ...
... light wind would have done . On Wednesday evening and Thursday morn- ing more particularly , though the weather was such a perfect calm that the ship was absolutely her own mistress , and would not answer the helm , yet we found to our ...
Page lviii
... light to darkness was much more gradual than most travellers and philoso- phers have stated . The dip of the sun did not seem more rapid , nor did the duration of the tints on the horizon appear materially less than on similar occasions ...
... light to darkness was much more gradual than most travellers and philoso- phers have stated . The dip of the sun did not seem more rapid , nor did the duration of the tints on the horizon appear materially less than on similar occasions ...
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