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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... sort of sick and indistinct hor- ror , which has prevented me from being so deeply affected as I otherwise must have been by the me- lancholy end of the poor lad thus suddenly called away . The coast was so low , that we could not dis ...
... sort of sick and indistinct hor- ror , which has prevented me from being so deeply affected as I otherwise must have been by the me- lancholy end of the poor lad thus suddenly called away . The coast was so low , that we could not dis ...
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... sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino . There is , indeed , something in a Negro which requires long habit to reconcile the eye to him ; but for this the features and the hair , far more than the colour , are ...
... sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino . There is , indeed , something in a Negro which requires long habit to reconcile the eye to him ; but for this the features and the hair , far more than the colour , are ...
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... sort of rude hookah , made of a short pipe and a coco - nut shell , the trader was squatted on the ground . By degrees we began to see dingy brick buildings of more pretensions to architecture , but far more ugly than the rudest bamboo ...
... sort of rude hookah , made of a short pipe and a coco - nut shell , the trader was squatted on the ground . By degrees we began to see dingy brick buildings of more pretensions to architecture , but far more ugly than the rudest bamboo ...
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... sort of doubtful regret and uneasy anticipation , and seemed to stand in very needless fear both of the English and Native governments . He is , I believe , the only Bishop of his Church in this country , though there are two or three ...
... sort of doubtful regret and uneasy anticipation , and seemed to stand in very needless fear both of the English and Native governments . He is , I believe , the only Bishop of his Church in this country , though there are two or three ...
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... with different classes of Hindoos and Mussulmans , of making presents to their masters or superiors at Christmas , of fruit , game , fish , pastry , and sweetmeats . Some gifts of VOL . I. F 66 HINDOO IDOLS . this sort came to us from.
... with different classes of Hindoos and Mussulmans , of making presents to their masters or superiors at Christmas , of fruit , game , fish , pastry , and sweetmeats . Some gifts of VOL . I. F 66 HINDOO IDOLS . this sort came to us from.
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