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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... brought up in the Church of Scotland , and therefore held all ceremonies superfluous and unavailing . I reminded him that his church and mine agreed in the efficacy and necessity of occasionally receiv- ing the Communion , but the ...
... brought up in the Church of Scotland , and therefore held all ceremonies superfluous and unavailing . I reminded him that his church and mine agreed in the efficacy and necessity of occasionally receiv- ing the Communion , but the ...
Page 49
... brought me out to India , the amiable manners and countenances of the people , contrasted with the symbols of their foolish and polluted idolatry now first before me , impressed me with a very solemn and earnest wish that I might in ...
... brought me out to India , the amiable manners and countenances of the people , contrasted with the symbols of their foolish and polluted idolatry now first before me , impressed me with a very solemn and earnest wish that I might in ...
Page 53
... brought us to an extensive open plain like a race course , at the extremity of which we saw Calcutta , its white houses glittering through the twilight , which was now beginning to close in , with an effect not unlike that of Connaught ...
... brought us to an extensive open plain like a race course , at the extremity of which we saw Calcutta , its white houses glittering through the twilight , which was now beginning to close in , with an effect not unlike that of Connaught ...
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... brought from Bengal . They are fond of vegetables , and almost exclusively fed on them ; three of these are very good - natured , and show their impatience for their meals , ( after which they are said to be very greedy , ) only by a ...
... brought from Bengal . They are fond of vegetables , and almost exclusively fed on them ; three of these are very good - natured , and show their impatience for their meals , ( after which they are said to be very greedy , ) only by a ...
Page 67
... brought up in this country , either high or low , speak any thing , even with their parents , but the broken Hindoostanee , and vulgar Bengalee , which they learn from their nurses ; while of these poor children , most have Bengalee ...
... brought up in this country , either high or low , speak any thing , even with their parents , but the broken Hindoostanee , and vulgar Bengalee , which they learn from their nurses ; while of these poor children , most have Bengalee ...
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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