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Page vi
When I had resolved to intrude my book of Travels ' on the notice of the public , I
naturally looked around , being an unknown author , for some name , to give it a
fanction ; not the sanction of wealth or grandeur ; for they are not always the ...
When I had resolved to intrude my book of Travels ' on the notice of the public , I
naturally looked around , being an unknown author , for some name , to give it a
fanction ; not the sanction of wealth or grandeur ; for they are not always the ...
Page ix
P R E F A C E. Books of Voyages and Travels having been ever held in
estimation , and indulgently received , I am the less fearful of submitting the
following volume to the notice of the public . A knowledge of the manners of
different nations ...
P R E F A C E. Books of Voyages and Travels having been ever held in
estimation , and indulgently received , I am the less fearful of submitting the
following volume to the notice of the public . A knowledge of the manners of
different nations ...
Page 14
Adjacent to these buildings , a monument has been raised to the memory of a Mr.
Middleton , who died there , on his journey to Calcutta : these objects would not
prehaps deserve notice , did they not present picturesque land - marks . 28th .
Adjacent to these buildings , a monument has been raised to the memory of a Mr.
Middleton , who died there , on his journey to Calcutta : these objects would not
prehaps deserve notice , did they not present picturesque land - marks . 28th .
Page 27
It is not unworthy of notice to remark , that the Dutch , though obliged to purchase
the greater portion of their crude falt - petre from the English , were enabled to
sell it in its purified state , at a lower rate than that manufactured by the . English ...
It is not unworthy of notice to remark , that the Dutch , though obliged to purchase
the greater portion of their crude falt - petre from the English , were enabled to
sell it in its purified state , at a lower rate than that manufactured by the . English ...
Page 71
In touching on the subject of Allahabad , it is necessary to notice the tomb of
Sultan Khusro . This mausoleum , about a mile to the eastward of the town ,
stands in the midst of a spacious garden enclosed with a high wall , and well
supplied ...
In touching on the subject of Allahabad , it is necessary to notice the tomb of
Sultan Khusro . This mausoleum , about a mile to the eastward of the town ,
stands in the midst of a spacious garden enclosed with a high wall , and well
supplied ...
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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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