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" Accordingly, all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they saw them, but reasoned with them on the absurdity of punishing themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they... "
The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times - Page 192
by Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 388 pages
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Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta ...

Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 558 pages
...returning to their usual employment. Accordingly all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they...in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that...
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The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and ...

Josiah Conder - 1828 - 412 pages
...returning to their usual employment. Accordingly, all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they...in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or to avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From ..., Volume 1

Reginald Heber - 1828 - 532 pages
...functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which SITTINO DHURNA. 279 they saw them, but reasoned with them on the absurdity...in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from ..., Volume 1

Reginald Heber - 1829 - 546 pages
...returning to their usual employment. Accordingly all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they...themselves for an act in which they had no share, 286 ' SITTING DHURNA. and which they had done their utmost to prevent or avengfe. This prevailed, and...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Volume 4

James Bell - 1836 - 690 pages
...all the British functionaries went to the principal ghaut, expressed their sorrow for the distress iu which they saw them, but reasoned with them on the...in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or to avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from ..., Volume 1

Reginald Heber - 1856 - 328 pages
...returning to their usual employment. Accordingly all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they saw them, but reasoned with them on the ab- i surdity of punishing themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done...
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The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times

Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 452 pages
...were by no means pacified. " In the early part of the quarrel," says Mr. Buyers, " the Mussalmans, in order to be revenged on the Hindus for the defeat...and, after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that l Ganga was Ganga still,' and that a succession of costly offerings from the laity of Benares,—the...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to ...

Reginald Heber - 1995 - 568 pages
...returning to their usual employment. Accordingly all the British functionaries went to the principal ghat, expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they...but reasoned with them on the absurdity of punishing themseves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or...
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Calcutta Review, Volume 65

1877 - 460 pages
...British functionaries went to them expressed their sorrow for the distress in which they saw them, and reasoned with them on the absurdity of punishing themselves...and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that Ganga was Ganga still ; Mr. Bird (the chief English official in Benares)* who was one of the ambasadors...
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