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 India, Volume 1John Murray, 1828 |
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... Confirmation-- Invalids --- Departure from Chunar - Large Fish - Retrospect of Benares -Quarrels between Hindoos and Mussulmans - Sitting Dhûrna— C 199 208 228 CONTENTS . Natives ' Opinions of English Governors - Allahabad.
... Confirmation-- Invalids --- Departure from Chunar - Large Fish - Retrospect of Benares -Quarrels between Hindoos and Mussulmans - Sitting Dhûrna— C 199 208 228 CONTENTS . Natives ' Opinions of English Governors - Allahabad.
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... English language exclusively , will gene- rally be both intelligible and interesting to the lower classes . They do not want acuteness , or the power of attending ; it is their vocabulary only which is confined , and if we address them ...
... English language exclusively , will gene- rally be both intelligible and interesting to the lower classes . They do not want acuteness , or the power of attending ; it is their vocabulary only which is confined , and if we address them ...
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... English than formerly , and their character seems to have recovered its natural English tone . One of the officers spoke well of their conduct even during the late war . A Company's ship , he said , on board which he was serving , had a ...
... English than formerly , and their character seems to have recovered its natural English tone . One of the officers spoke well of their conduct even during the late war . A Company's ship , he said , on board which he was serving , had a ...
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... English May . Great numbers of birds are seen round the ship , and we are told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons , " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird whose name ...
... English May . Great numbers of birds are seen round the ship , and we are told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons , " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird whose name ...
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... English Liturgy , wherever and whenever this is possible . On board the Grenville , though the men are extremely orderly , no prayer - meetings have been yet thought of , nor , for the reasons which I have mentioned , do I wish for them ...
... English Liturgy , wherever and whenever this is possible . On board the Grenville , though the men are extremely orderly , no prayer - meetings have been yet thought of , nor , for the reasons which I have mentioned , do I wish for them ...
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Abdullah Allahabad Almorah animals answered appearance asked attended Aûmeen bamboos bank Bareilly beautiful Benares Bengal boats Boulderson brahmin building Calcutta called camels Captain Cawnpoor Christian Chunar church Company's considerable Corrie coss cultivated Dacca Delhi Dinapoor distance dress elephants England English European extremely favourable Ganges Government handsome heard hills Himalaya Hindoo Hindoostanee horse India jemautdar journey jungle Kemaoon Khân kind King looking Lord Lord Hastings Lucknow Meerut Mendee miles morning mosque mountains Mussulmans native Nawâb neighbourhood neighbouring never night noble Oude pagoda palace palanquin party passed persons pinnace poor prayers present pretty pulwar rain Raja received Resident river road Rohillas round Ruderpoor ruins rupees Sahib seemed seen sent sepoys Serang servants side soon sort stream Sunderbunds supposed suttees suwarrs tents thing tiger told tomb town trees usual vessel village whole wind young Zemindars