The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... INDIA ( Concluded ) § 5 Benares T HERE is so much to be said about India that volumes would be necessary to convey the ... Indian . Europeans feel themselves intruders . Macaulay , that great lord of language and weaver of his- torical ...
... INDIA ( Concluded ) § 5 Benares T HERE is so much to be said about India that volumes would be necessary to convey the ... Indian . Europeans feel themselves intruders . Macaulay , that great lord of language and weaver of his- torical ...
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... Indian Museum , a beautiful Hindu - Gothic Cathedral , palatial offices and residences , and ( as the Calcutta Club sweep- stake reminds us ) one of the most famous racecourses in India . And cheek by jowl is native Calcutta with the ...
... Indian Museum , a beautiful Hindu - Gothic Cathedral , palatial offices and residences , and ( as the Calcutta Club sweep- stake reminds us ) one of the most famous racecourses in India . And cheek by jowl is native Calcutta with the ...
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... Indian fig , which covers ground nearly 1,000 feet in circumference and had in 1908 no less than 562 roots rising in the air - an incredible tree that inspired Milton to write in " Paradise Lost " - " The fig - tree at this day to Indians ...
... Indian fig , which covers ground nearly 1,000 feet in circumference and had in 1908 no less than 562 roots rising in the air - an incredible tree that inspired Milton to write in " Paradise Lost " - " The fig - tree at this day to Indians ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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