Continental India: Travelling Sketches and Historical Recollections [1822-1835] Illustrating the Antiquity, Religion and Manners of the Hindoos, the Extent of British Conquests, and the Progress of Missionary Operations, 2. köideT. Ward & Company, 1840 |
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... resident at Muddoor - Seringapatam in its vicissitudes- Palaces - Harems , mosques , gardens , tombs - Unhealthiness - Mysore the modern capital - The residency gardens - The Dussarah festival— The Durbar - presentation to the rajah ...
... resident at Muddoor - Seringapatam in its vicissitudes- Palaces - Harems , mosques , gardens , tombs - Unhealthiness - Mysore the modern capital - The residency gardens - The Dussarah festival— The Durbar - presentation to the rajah ...
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... residence in India had produced changes in my plans and relations which totally revolutionized all anterior arrangements . The sure and fatal arrow had smitten one of fairest mould and warmest heart , in whose life VOL . II . B and ...
... residence in India had produced changes in my plans and relations which totally revolutionized all anterior arrangements . The sure and fatal arrow had smitten one of fairest mould and warmest heart , in whose life VOL . II . B and ...
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... resident teacher , wholly devoted to the good of the people , would be an arrangement advantageous to the cause of religion , and acceptable to many . The road leading between the Mount and Fort St. George is equal to any drive of the ...
... resident teacher , wholly devoted to the good of the people , would be an arrangement advantageous to the cause of religion , and acceptable to many . The road leading between the Mount and Fort St. George is equal to any drive of the ...
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... residence of a Company's chaplain ; yet I have known 800 or 1,000 European soldiers stationed here for months and years . I had many pleasant interviews with my countrymen here , and was always kindly welcomed by the officers , and ...
... residence of a Company's chaplain ; yet I have known 800 or 1,000 European soldiers stationed here for months and years . I had many pleasant interviews with my countrymen here , and was always kindly welcomed by the officers , and ...
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... residence of every European is characterised by liberal hospitality in India , and the traveller is friendless and obscure indeed who does not share the most courteous welcome as he traverses the country . It is , moreover , a religious ...
... residence of every European is characterised by liberal hospitality in India , and the traveller is friendless and obscure indeed who does not share the most courteous welcome as he traverses the country . It is , moreover , a religious ...
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