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 IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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Page 94
... Mussulmans belonged to the So- ciety ; and that of the gentlemen whom he had seen the other day , some went to the Cathedral , and some to Dr. Bryce's Church . He did not , indeed , understand that between Dr. Bryce and the other ...
... Mussulmans belonged to the So- ciety ; and that of the gentlemen whom he had seen the other day , some went to the Cathedral , and some to Dr. Bryce's Church . He did not , indeed , understand that between Dr. Bryce and the other ...
Page 103
... Mussulmans . But before we could give them the same liberty as the Europeans they must be better educated . " I introduced these Baboos to the Chief - justice , which pleased them much , though perhaps they were still better pleased ...
... Mussulmans . But before we could give them the same liberty as the Europeans they must be better educated . " I introduced these Baboos to the Chief - justice , which pleased them much , though perhaps they were still better pleased ...
Page 113
... Mussulmans , and na- tives of Dacca , and its vicinity . They are wild and odd - looking people , light - limbed , and lean , and very black , but strong and muscular , and all young men , with a fiercer eye , and far less civil man ...
... Mussulmans , and na- tives of Dacca , and its vicinity . They are wild and odd - looking people , light - limbed , and lean , and very black , but strong and muscular , and all young men , with a fiercer eye , and far less civil man ...
Page 128
... Mussulmans ; and even in the present instance , I am not quite sure whether it is to this simplicity , or to the poverty which I at first suspected , but which seemed contradicted by the appearance of the boys in the evening , that I am ...
... Mussulmans ; and even in the present instance , I am not quite sure whether it is to this simplicity , or to the poverty which I at first suspected , but which seemed contradicted by the appearance of the boys in the evening , that I am ...
Page 166
... Mussulmans have a great ve- neration , is a sort of mythological personage , made up of different Rabbinical fables concerning Eliezer the servant of Abraham , and the prophet Elijah , on which are engrafted the chivalrous legends re ...
... Mussulmans have a great ve- neration , is a sort of mythological personage , made up of different Rabbinical fables concerning Eliezer the servant of Abraham , and the prophet Elijah , on which are engrafted the chivalrous legends re ...
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