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 xxxv
... seems to recollect the interest which I used to take in all which related to Southern seas , and distant regions , to India and its oceans , to Australasia and Polynesia . I used to fancy I should like to visit them , but that I ever ...
... seems to recollect the interest which I used to take in all which related to Southern seas , and distant regions , to India and its oceans , to Australasia and Polynesia . I used to fancy I should like to visit them , but that I ever ...
Page xli
... seem to be held out to me . I am the more so , because Mr. B had , a few days before , predicted that I should have not above one or two communicants at most ; and added , as a sort of apology for himself , that he was brought up in the ...
... seem to be held out to me . I am the more so , because Mr. B had , a few days before , predicted that I should have not above one or two communicants at most ; and added , as a sort of apology for himself , that he was brought up in the ...
Page xlvi
... seems to be the bird called the sea - parrot . August 15. - Another fine night . The wind has gone considerably astern of us , and studding sails are set on the foremast . Lat . 35 ° 20 ′ E. Long . 1 ° 54. Last night I believe we all ...
... seems to be the bird called the sea - parrot . August 15. - Another fine night . The wind has gone considerably astern of us , and studding sails are set on the foremast . Lat . 35 ° 20 ′ E. Long . 1 ° 54. Last night I believe we all ...
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... seems like a play - thing in a giant's hands , and the vast multitude of sea - birds skimming round us , constitute a picture of the most exhilarat- ing , as well as the most impressive character ; and I trust a better and a holier ...
... seems like a play - thing in a giant's hands , and the vast multitude of sea - birds skimming round us , constitute a picture of the most exhilarat- ing , as well as the most impressive character ; and I trust a better and a holier ...
Page liv
... seem to confirm my suspicions as to the real character of Asiatic poetry . " The man who leaveth life behind , May well and boldly speak his mind . Where flight is none from battle field , We blithely snatch the sword and shield ; Where ...
... seem to confirm my suspicions as to the real character of Asiatic poetry . " The man who leaveth life behind , May well and boldly speak his mind . Where flight is none from battle field , We blithely snatch the sword and shield ; Where ...
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