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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... thing for me which I myself wished for , and which was in their power to do : and Mr. Lushington has just now been exert- ing himself in Council to carry a point for me of great consequence . " ' Nothing can be fuller or more ...
... thing for me which I myself wished for , and which was in their power to do : and Mr. Lushington has just now been exert- ing himself in Council to carry a point for me of great consequence . " ' Nothing can be fuller or more ...
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... things at them . An Englishman on board a French ship , they said , was always half- starved , and abominably treated , and they spoke of the national temper , as shewn in their seamen , as utterly unkind , unchristian , and unmanly ...
... things at them . An Englishman on board a French ship , they said , was always half- starved , and abominably treated , and they spoke of the national temper , as shewn in their seamen , as utterly unkind , unchristian , and unmanly ...
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... thing very material has occurred during these days . The wind has varied in our favour , and is now N. E. by E. which enables us to make a good deal of east- ing , and our course is regarded as a very good one . Our progress through the ...
... thing very material has occurred during these days . The wind has varied in our favour , and is now N. E. by E. which enables us to make a good deal of east- ing , and our course is regarded as a very good one . Our progress through the ...
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... thing true which had been reported . August 11. - We had a good night , and a smooth though rapid progress . I had the happiness of hearing , for the first time , my dear little Emily repeat a part of the Lord's Prayer , which her mo ...
... thing true which had been reported . August 11. - We had a good night , and a smooth though rapid progress . I had the happiness of hearing , for the first time , my dear little Emily repeat a part of the Lord's Prayer , which her mo ...
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... thing different from what I had 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 ...
... thing different from what I had 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 ...
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