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The object of this search , which does not cross the eye at every glance , was
seen with pleasure ; and though the uses derived from it may be deemed
presumptuous , I could not resist the desire of fixing so bright an ornament to my
work ; and ...
The object of this search , which does not cross the eye at every glance , was
seen with pleasure ; and though the uses derived from it may be deemed
presumptuous , I could not resist the desire of fixing so bright an ornament to my
work ; and ...
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... before they shuffled off this mortal coil , ” inflamed by pride , avarice , ambition ,
thought empires too narrow for their scope , and that mankind were only created
to become the instruments of their mad desires : these once towering creatures ...
... before they shuffled off this mortal coil , ” inflamed by pride , avarice , ambition ,
thought empires too narrow for their scope , and that mankind were only created
to become the instruments of their mad desires : these once towering creatures ...
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... has suggested an opinion , that Patna occupies the situation of the celebrated
Palibertha ; which is farther substantiated by the geographical observations of
Major Rennel . - Curiosity , and the desire of the moment to indulge a melancholy
...
... has suggested an opinion , that Patna occupies the situation of the celebrated
Palibertha ; which is farther substantiated by the geographical observations of
Major Rennel . - Curiosity , and the desire of the moment to indulge a melancholy
...
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This action , heretofore so amply described , had not perhaps now been adverted
to , but for the impulse of an earnest desire of imprinting anew on your memory ,
the services performed on that day by the British troops ; to whom their country ...
This action , heretofore so amply described , had not perhaps now been adverted
to , but for the impulse of an earnest desire of imprinting anew on your memory ,
the services performed on that day by the British troops ; to whom their country ...
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... by a bigotted and intemperate desire of insulting their religion . If such was his
wifh , it hath been completely fulfilled . For the Hindoos • The language in which
the sacred legends of the Hindoos have been preserved . consider consider this
...
... by a bigotted and intemperate desire of insulting their religion . If such was his
wifh , it hath been completely fulfilled . For the Hindoos • The language in which
the sacred legends of the Hindoos have been preserved . consider consider this
...
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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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