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 69
... myself , were it not that many of them have had their throats cut by their friends , and been compelled to drink very bitter potions ; fince liable to fuch treatment , much good may their fine ladies and other fine things do them ! In ...
... myself , were it not that many of them have had their throats cut by their friends , and been compelled to drink very bitter potions ; fince liable to fuch treatment , much good may their fine ladies and other fine things do them ! In ...
Page 75
... myself , the horse and his keeper , the whole of my dayly expenditure amounted to a fum , which as you will not credit , I will not venture to note ; and on days when I was in- clined to feast , the addition of two or three pence ...
... myself , the horse and his keeper , the whole of my dayly expenditure amounted to a fum , which as you will not credit , I will not venture to note ; and on days when I was in- clined to feast , the addition of two or three pence ...
Page 189
... myself guilty of an injustice , did I not unrefervedly declare , that the inhabitants . treated me with civility , and , usually , with kindness . ON the 11th , at Chandpour - 12 coffes . Finding the want of a servant subjected me to ...
... myself guilty of an injustice , did I not unrefervedly declare , that the inhabitants . treated me with civility , and , usually , with kindness . ON the 11th , at Chandpour - 12 coffes . Finding the want of a servant subjected me to ...
Page 191
... myself fortunate in getting admittance into a cook's fhop , where kabaubs * and ftewed beef were dressed in sa- voury taste , and all the news - mongers , idlers , politicians , and dif- banded foldiers , of the quarter , refort ...
... myself fortunate in getting admittance into a cook's fhop , where kabaubs * and ftewed beef were dressed in sa- voury taste , and all the news - mongers , idlers , politicians , and dif- banded foldiers , of the quarter , refort ...
Page 199
... myself saw ; but I believe the adjacent inhabitants do not use any means of catch- ing them . No cultivation is feen in the vicinity of the Jumna , though a spacious plain extends on the western fide , and might be watered without much ...
... myself saw ; but I believe the adjacent inhabitants do not use any means of catch- ing them . No cultivation is feen in the vicinity of the Jumna , though a spacious plain extends on the western fide , and might be watered without much ...
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