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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... notice of the public , I naturally looked around , being an unknown author , for fome name , to give it a fanction ; not the fanction of wealth or grandeur ; for they are not always the criterion of worth : but that which was to be ob ...
... notice of the public , I naturally looked around , being an unknown author , for fome name , to give it a fanction ; not the fanction of wealth or grandeur ; for they are not always the criterion of worth : but that which was to be ob ...
Page ix
... notice of the public . A knowledge of the manners of dif- ferent nations qualifies domeftic prejudice , and enlight- ens the mind ; but the subjects of Britain derive from it a fingular benefit ; they see through a comparison that ...
... notice of the public . A knowledge of the manners of dif- ferent nations qualifies domeftic prejudice , and enlight- ens the mind ; but the subjects of Britain derive from it a fingular benefit ; they see through a comparison that ...
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... objects would not prehaps deferve notice , did they not present picturesque land - marks . 28th . - the wind being light , and the current ftrong , the men were ་ were obliged to track the boat . These two last 14 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... objects would not prehaps deferve notice , did they not present picturesque land - marks . 28th . - the wind being light , and the current ftrong , the men were ་ were obliged to track the boat . These two last 14 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
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... notice to remark , that the Dutch , though obliged to purchase the greater portion of their crude falt - petre from the English , were enabled to fell it in its purified state , at a lower rate than that manufactured by the . English ...
... notice to remark , that the Dutch , though obliged to purchase the greater portion of their crude falt - petre from the English , were enabled to fell it in its purified state , at a lower rate than that manufactured by the . English ...
Page 98
... notice , and held out the profpect of relief : but fuch is the inftability of fublunary pleasure , that this promifing mark proved a falfe beacon . The hamlet was unroofed , and its inhabitants had fought a more friendly land . Then ...
... notice , and held out the profpect of relief : but fuch is the inftability of fublunary pleasure , that this promifing mark proved a falfe beacon . The hamlet was unroofed , and its inhabitants had fought a more friendly land . Then ...
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