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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... beautiful country ; but as it was a part of his diocese which , in many points of view , particularly interested him , he intended writing at some future period his recollections of the island , aided by the Editor's journal , which for ...
... beautiful country ; but as it was a part of his diocese which , in many points of view , particularly interested him , he intended writing at some future period his recollections of the island , aided by the Editor's journal , which for ...
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... beautiful , just such an one as a poet or a painter would wish to describe or represent at sea . I was pleased , while looking over Gilchrist's Guide , with a little Ode by Koodrut , of which the following is an imitation . Ambition's ...
... beautiful , just such an one as a poet or a painter would wish to describe or represent at sea . I was pleased , while looking over Gilchrist's Guide , with a little Ode by Koodrut , of which the following is an imitation . Ambition's ...
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... beautiful ; and from our situation on the globe , we had the oppor- tunity of seeing many of the most considerable constellations of both hemispheres . Those of the southern heaven fall far short of the other in number and brilliancy ...
... beautiful ; and from our situation on the globe , we had the oppor- tunity of seeing many of the most considerable constellations of both hemispheres . Those of the southern heaven fall far short of the other in number and brilliancy ...
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... beautiful . I have been reading Hindoostanee to myself , and this morning finished the following translation of one of the poems in Gilchrist's Hindoostanee Guide . From his paraphrase , I cannot say I de- rived any great assistance . I ...
... beautiful . I have been reading Hindoostanee to myself , and this morning finished the following translation of one of the poems in Gilchrist's Hindoostanee Guide . From his paraphrase , I cannot say I de- rived any great assistance . I ...
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... beautiful sunset- the most remarkable recollected by any of the officers or passen- gers , and I think the most magnificent spectacle I ever saw . Be- sides the usual beautiful tints of crimson , flame - colour , & c . , which the ...
... beautiful sunset- the most remarkable recollected by any of the officers or passen- gers , and I think the most magnificent spectacle I ever saw . Be- sides the usual beautiful tints of crimson , flame - colour , & c . , which the ...
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