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L E T T E R I. Benares , 31st August , 1782 . DEAR SIR ; inside HAVING resolved
on visiting Benares , that I might , there , indulge , for a short time , an
investigation into the mythology of the Hindoos , I procured permission to
proceed to that ...
L E T T E R I. Benares , 31st August , 1782 . DEAR SIR ; inside HAVING resolved
on visiting Benares , that I might , there , indulge , for a short time , an
investigation into the mythology of the Hindoos , I procured permission to
proceed to that ...
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For , exclusively of finding a current sale for their commodities , they have been
enabled to procure , from the English , large sums of money , for bills on Europe .
An important change has been also effected on the interior commerce of Bengal
...
For , exclusively of finding a current sale for their commodities , they have been
enabled to procure , from the English , large sums of money , for bills on Europe .
An important change has been also effected on the interior commerce of Bengal
...
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It is a tale framed to amuse the credulous Hindoo , and procure a meal to an artful
priest . The ostensible want of attention to the memory of Brimha , may on a more
abstracted ground be ascribed to an opinion , that the powers of procreation ...
It is a tale framed to amuse the credulous Hindoo , and procure a meal to an artful
priest . The ostensible want of attention to the memory of Brimha , may on a more
abstracted ground be ascribed to an opinion , that the powers of procreation ...
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... confpicuously uniform ; and were it posible to procure a description of the
occupations and various powers of the Hindoo subaltern gods , it might be found
, that the group of the western pantheon had been selected from the divine
assembly ...
... confpicuously uniform ; and were it posible to procure a description of the
occupations and various powers of the Hindoo subaltern gods , it might be found
, that the group of the western pantheon had been selected from the divine
assembly ...
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Some years ago , a high finished Camaieu was procured at Guzerat , whereon
Hercules saying the Nemean lion , was executed with much taste and spirit .
These circumstances are adduced to support a conjecture , that , during the ...
Some years ago , a high finished Camaieu was procured at Guzerat , whereon
Hercules saying the Nemean lion , was executed with much taste and spirit .
These circumstances are adduced to support a conjecture , that , during the ...
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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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