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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Page 87
... feet shod with sandals - his body - clothes of the Indian punjam ; his grey beard finely flowing over his breast , his manners corresponding with the native habit , his food the diet of the Brahmins , and in his public instructions ...
... feet shod with sandals - his body - clothes of the Indian punjam ; his grey beard finely flowing over his breast , his manners corresponding with the native habit , his food the diet of the Brahmins , and in his public instructions ...
Page 89
... feet . They say that the pope teaches them to count thirty - three prayers to Jesus Christ , and fifty - three to the Virgin Mary . They deliver their prayers to be carried unto God , sometimes by angels , sometimes by saints , and ...
... feet . They say that the pope teaches them to count thirty - three prayers to Jesus Christ , and fifty - three to the Virgin Mary . They deliver their prayers to be carried unto God , sometimes by angels , sometimes by saints , and ...
Page 171
... feet from the base . A stout branch of a tree was fixed in the earth at each corner ; suspended by these , another pile , as a canopy , was formed at about three feet elevation , and plentifully supplied with large billets of wood . The ...
... feet from the base . A stout branch of a tree was fixed in the earth at each corner ; suspended by these , another pile , as a canopy , was formed at about three feet elevation , and plentifully supplied with large billets of wood . The ...
Page 204
... the interior districts . The disastrous effects of war were not felt here as at other places of traffic in the Mysore . The town is distinct from the fort . The fortifications or ramparts rise twenty - five feet high 204 CONTINENTAL INDIA .
... the interior districts . The disastrous effects of war were not felt here as at other places of traffic in the Mysore . The town is distinct from the fort . The fortifications or ramparts rise twenty - five feet high 204 CONTINENTAL INDIA .
Page 205
... feet high , and exhibit a square form of about a quarter of a mile on each face . Each corner was defended by an angle , with an embrasure for three guns ; on the centre of the north side was a bastion ; and the whole was surrounded by ...
... feet high , and exhibit a square form of about a quarter of a mile on each face . Each corner was defended by an angle , with an embrasure for three guns ; on the centre of the north side was a bastion ; and the whole was surrounded by ...
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