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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... seemed to him an amusement , and required from him no greater effort than was suited to the most indulgent pleasure . The pace at which an elephant walks , from its seeming slow- ness , but positive speed , takes the beholder by ...
... seemed to him an amusement , and required from him no greater effort than was suited to the most indulgent pleasure . The pace at which an elephant walks , from its seeming slow- ness , but positive speed , takes the beholder by ...
Page 37
... seemed a poor preparation for a sick or dying bed , yet I cannot blame my fellow - traveller for levity or improper conversation . On such a feeble thread are suspended the congruities and coincidences of this ever - varying and ...
... seemed a poor preparation for a sick or dying bed , yet I cannot blame my fellow - traveller for levity or improper conversation . On such a feeble thread are suspended the congruities and coincidences of this ever - varying and ...
Page 39
... seemed to me like a marsh rather than a flowing stream , with a green and sickly scurf gathered on the surface , hither the highest , as well as the lowest , brahmins repaired for cleansing . The first offices of purification in the ...
... seemed to me like a marsh rather than a flowing stream , with a green and sickly scurf gathered on the surface , hither the highest , as well as the lowest , brahmins repaired for cleansing . The first offices of purification in the ...
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... seemed in- structive to him , who had been almost thirty years in India . The history of parties , and their lines of distinction , directed his mind into new channels of thought , and led to other associations of mind and fellowship ...
... seemed in- structive to him , who had been almost thirty years in India . The history of parties , and their lines of distinction , directed his mind into new channels of thought , and led to other associations of mind and fellowship ...
Page 97
... seemed more inviting for the brethren's labours , and the Coro- mandel coast was assigned to the fidelity and perseverance of the Lutheran missionaries . The station at Tranquebar was still supplied and sus- tained from the Danish ...
... seemed more inviting for the brethren's labours , and the Coro- mandel coast was assigned to the fidelity and perseverance of the Lutheran missionaries . The station at Tranquebar was still supplied and sus- tained from the Danish ...
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