East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 153
... beauty of its Botanic Gardens . They are situated in the suburb called Peradeniya , and are reached by a drive of nearly four miles along the high - road to Colombo . We drove out early in the morning , long before the sun THE ISLE OF ...
... beauty of its Botanic Gardens . They are situated in the suburb called Peradeniya , and are reached by a drive of nearly four miles along the high - road to Colombo . We drove out early in the morning , long before the sun THE ISLE OF ...
Page 157
... beauty of the ground , its undulating sweep , and in some spots its virgin jungle are left undisturbed . Always there is the flowing river , with the view caught here and there of the satinwood bridge that crosses it like a network of ...
... beauty of the ground , its undulating sweep , and in some spots its virgin jungle are left undisturbed . Always there is the flowing river , with the view caught here and there of the satinwood bridge that crosses it like a network of ...
Page 232
... beauty to the south . The opposite bank going towards Ramnagar is a flat plain , a brown bank showing where the river over- flows after the rains , and beyond this , fields dressed in the living green of the young shoots of late autumn ...
... beauty to the south . The opposite bank going towards Ramnagar is a flat plain , a brown bank showing where the river over- flows after the rains , and beyond this , fields dressed in the living green of the young shoots of late autumn ...
Page 282
A Journey in the Recess Sir Henry William Lucy. grew up in matchless beauty , and lit in the breast of the heir - apparent that glowing passion the history of which is written in Moore's " Light of the Harem . " She happened to be ...
A Journey in the Recess Sir Henry William Lucy. grew up in matchless beauty , and lit in the breast of the heir - apparent that glowing passion the history of which is written in Moore's " Light of the Harem . " She happened to be ...
Page 284
... Jehan had married the niece of the terrible Empress Noor - Mahal . Moomtaz - ee - Mahal had in- herited much of the beauty of her aunt , and might have developed something of her am- bition and unscrupulousness 284 EAST BY WEST . PAGE 1.
... Jehan had married the niece of the terrible Empress Noor - Mahal . Moomtaz - ee - Mahal had in- herited much of the beauty of her aunt , and might have developed something of her am- bition and unscrupulousness 284 EAST BY WEST . PAGE 1.
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