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 |
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Page x
... course of my journey , I felt no impulse of partiality for any fect or body of men . It is of ferious concern to letters , that many a man of ge- nius and science has fixed a difcredit on his works , by a wilful adherence to fome ...
... course of my journey , I felt no impulse of partiality for any fect or body of men . It is of ferious concern to letters , that many a man of ge- nius and science has fixed a difcredit on his works , by a wilful adherence to fome ...
Page xiii
... course of the fun ; the other is agreeable to the common computation of the country , which is not often . found widely erroneous . My limited knowledge of bo- tany prevents , also , any accurate description of various claffes claffes ...
... course of the fun ; the other is agreeable to the common computation of the country , which is not often . found widely erroneous . My limited knowledge of bo- tany prevents , also , any accurate description of various claffes claffes ...
Page 7
... that fub- This Prince died , A. D. 1707 . + A crore of rupees , or million fterling , has been fent in the course of one year from Bengal to Delhi . fifted formerly between this port and Pegue , Siam , fifted FORSTER'S TRAVELS . 7.
... that fub- This Prince died , A. D. 1707 . + A crore of rupees , or million fterling , has been fent in the course of one year from Bengal to Delhi . fifted formerly between this port and Pegue , Siam , fifted FORSTER'S TRAVELS . 7.
Page 19
... course of five or fix days after , made a " demand of one of the daughters of Sultan Shujah , in marriage , " in which the father refolving never to acquiefce , the King be- camc highly offended . ( 6 " Sultan Shujah feeing the feafon ...
... course of five or fix days after , made a " demand of one of the daughters of Sultan Shujah , in marriage , " in which the father refolving never to acquiefce , the King be- camc highly offended . ( 6 " Sultan Shujah feeing the feafon ...
Page 51
... course of con- quest , exerted the most furious efforts in levelling every monument of worship and taste . They maffacred the priests and plundered the temples , with a keenness and ferocity , in which their first chiefs might have ...
... course of con- quest , exerted the most furious efforts in levelling every monument of worship and taste . They maffacred the priests and plundered the temples , with a keenness and ferocity , in which their first chiefs might have ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip