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Page vii
Yet , far removed from controul , in a land whose every principle of government is
actuated by a rapacious avarice , whose people never approach the gate of
authority without an offering , we have seen , and with wonder , the inflexible ...
Yet , far removed from controul , in a land whose every principle of government is
actuated by a rapacious avarice , whose people never approach the gate of
authority without an offering , we have seen , and with wonder , the inflexible ...
Page x
Travellers stand accused , even , on proverbial authority , of adopting a figurative
and loole style of description ; and as I have been thrown into tracks , removed
from the eye of European observation , I am prompted to earnestly solicit the ...
Travellers stand accused , even , on proverbial authority , of adopting a figurative
and loole style of description ; and as I have been thrown into tracks , removed
from the eye of European observation , I am prompted to earnestly solicit the ...
Page 22
Cassum Ali Khan , in the last years of his government , retired to the fort of
Mongheer , and actuated by a keen resentment against the English , for their
extensive encroachments on his authority , and the commerce of his country , he
formed ...
Cassum Ali Khan , in the last years of his government , retired to the fort of
Mongheer , and actuated by a keen resentment against the English , for their
extensive encroachments on his authority , and the commerce of his country , he
formed ...
Page 23
Meer Jaffier , in his last administration , made a feeble attempt to resume his
authority , but it soon terminated in his death , and in leaving the English the
supreme rulers of an extensive and valuable territory . I should be ill intitled to a
place ...
Meer Jaffier , in his last administration , made a feeble attempt to resume his
authority , but it soon terminated in his death , and in leaving the English the
supreme rulers of an extensive and valuable territory . I should be ill intitled to a
place ...
Page 42
By the sole investment of this important authority , the priest is left at liberty to
explain the original doctrine in the manner that may most forcibly confolidate the
power and promote the interest of his order . In the transmigration of the soul into
...
By the sole investment of this important authority , the priest is left at liberty to
explain the original doctrine in the manner that may most forcibly confolidate the
power and promote the interest of his order . In the transmigration of the soul into
...
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| Title | A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, George Forster |
| Author | George Forster |
| Publisher | Faulder, 1798 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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