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Page x
TRAVELLERs stand accused, even, on proverbial authority, of adopting a
figurative and loose 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 loose 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 ...
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The one I noted from observing the course of the sun; the other is agreeable to
the common computation of the country, which is not often found widely
erroneous, My limited knowledge of botany prevents, also, any accurate
description of ...
The one I noted from observing the course of the sun; the other is agreeable to
the common computation of the country, which is not often found widely
erroneous, My limited knowledge of botany prevents, also, any accurate
description of ...
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The native princes, and chiefs of a various description, the retainers of numerous
dependants, afforded a constant employment to a vast number of ingenious
manufacturers, who supplied their masters with gold and silver stuffs, curiously ...
The native princes, and chiefs of a various description, the retainers of numerous
dependants, afforded a constant employment to a vast number of ingenious
manufacturers, who supplied their masters with gold and silver stuffs, curiously ...
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With Casium Ali " ended, virtually, the power of the subahdars from that described
by a late writer (Col. Dow) on the Empire of Hindoostan; who, however well-
founded his claims to accuracy, could not have attained the possession of more ...
With Casium Ali " ended, virtually, the power of the subahdars from that described
by a late writer (Col. Dow) on the Empire of Hindoostan; who, however well-
founded his claims to accuracy, could not have attained the possession of more ...
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This ačtion, heretofore so amply described, had not perhaps now been adverted
to, but for the impulse of an earnest defire of imprinting anew on your memory,
the services performed on that day by the British troops; to whom their country ...
This ačtion, heretofore so amply described, had not perhaps now been adverted
to, but for the impulse of an earnest defire of imprinting anew on your memory,
the services performed on that day by the British troops; to whom their country ...
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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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