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Page vii
Rome , has been ordinarily followed by neglect , obscurity , and oftentimes
disgrace , opened a more extensive field for the difplay of Your Lordship's
endowments ; and like the blasts of Winter on the rooted oak , hold out
honourable testimony ...
Rome , has been ordinarily followed by neglect , obscurity , and oftentimes
disgrace , opened a more extensive field for the difplay of Your Lordship's
endowments ; and like the blasts of Winter on the rooted oak , hold out
honourable testimony ...
Page xiii
The prefixed chart of the road , calculated according to the reckoning of my
journal , was constructed by Mr. Wilford , of the Bengal corps of engineers , a
gentleman of extensive geographical knowledge . Science can receive but a
slender aid ...
The prefixed chart of the road , calculated according to the reckoning of my
journal , was constructed by Mr. Wilford , of the Bengal corps of engineers , a
gentleman of extensive geographical knowledge . Science can receive but a
slender aid ...
Page 12
The riches of Bengal , with a large portion of the conveniency of it's inhabitants ,
are , in an essential degree , derived from this river , which , with its numerous
branches flowing through and intersecting an extensive space of country ...
The riches of Bengal , with a large portion of the conveniency of it's inhabitants ,
are , in an essential degree , derived from this river , which , with its numerous
branches flowing through and intersecting an extensive space of country ...
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 ...
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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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