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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... worship of the Hindoos , and being the chief repofitory of the science yet existing among them , may not be unacceptable to you , together with a curfory investigation of the Mythology of Brimha ; the task shall be attempted with ...
... worship of the Hindoos , and being the chief repofitory of the science yet existing among them , may not be unacceptable to you , together with a curfory investigation of the Mythology of Brimha ; the task shall be attempted with ...
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... worship of their gods defiled . From the top of the minarets is seen the entire profpect of Benares , which occupies a space of about two miles and an half along the northern bank of the Ganges , and generally a mile in - land from the ...
... worship of their gods defiled . From the top of the minarets is seen the entire profpect of Benares , which occupies a space of about two miles and an half along the northern bank of the Ganges , and generally a mile in - land from the ...
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... worship . The Sanscrit is a sonorous language , abounding in pith and conciseness ; and its periods flow with boldness , and terminate in a cadence peculiarly mufical . An extract of a floke , or stanza , which has been quoted by Mr ...
... worship . The Sanscrit is a sonorous language , abounding in pith and conciseness ; and its periods flow with boldness , and terminate in a cadence peculiarly mufical . An extract of a floke , or stanza , which has been quoted by Mr ...
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... worship- ped under the representation of a human figure , having a circle of heads , and four hands ; emblems of an all - seeing and all provident Being . The figure of a fabulous bird , on which he is supposed to ride , and denoting ...
... worship- ped under the representation of a human figure , having a circle of heads , and four hands ; emblems of an all - seeing and all provident Being . The figure of a fabulous bird , on which he is supposed to ride , and denoting ...
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... worship ; all tending to shackle the vulgar mind , and produce in it a flavish reverence for the tribe of Bramins . The privelege of reading the Bairds , and expounding * An hundred thousand ; VOL . I. F its its texts , is only allowed ...
... worship ; all tending to shackle the vulgar mind , and produce in it a flavish reverence for the tribe of Bramins . The privelege of reading the Bairds , and expounding * An hundred thousand ; VOL . I. F its its texts , is only allowed ...
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affiftance Afghan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army battle of Buxar Bellafpour Benares Bengal caufe cauſe chief cloſe coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtricts dominion Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feem feen fervant fervice fide firſt fituation flain fmall foldier fome foon ftate ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fupplied fupported Ganges Hafiz Rhamut himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India Jumbo Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian lacks of rupees Lahore laſt Lucknow Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas meaſure moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Shah Najeb Najeb-ud-Dowlah Nanock obferved occafion officer Oude Patan Patna perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince profeffion province Punjab purpoſe raiſed refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla rupees Saadut Khan ſeem ſeen ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques Sirhend ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtate ſtation ſtrong Sufdar Jung Sultan Shujah ſuppoſed territory theſe thoſe tion town troops uſe village Vizier whofe whoſe worſhip