A Journey from Bengal to England: Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1798 - India |
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Page 93
... story , flender ufes only can be derived from them . The Mahrattas plundered this city , and laid waste the adjacent country , previously to the battle of Panifrett . * After this important event , which gave a ftrength and perma- nency ...
... story , flender ufes only can be derived from them . The Mahrattas plundered this city , and laid waste the adjacent country , previously to the battle of Panifrett . * After this important event , which gave a ftrength and perma- nency ...
Page 96
... story of my landlady , whose words , fhrill and piercing , yet seem to vibrate in my ear . With every symptom of a virulent female pride , and the semblance of outrageous virtue , fhe declared that I should not fleep under her roof , -I ...
... story of my landlady , whose words , fhrill and piercing , yet seem to vibrate in my ear . With every symptom of a virulent female pride , and the semblance of outrageous virtue , fhe declared that I should not fleep under her roof , -I ...
Page 191
... story Meat minced and dreffed in the manner of what culinary language calls , forced- meat balls ; but kabaub , in a general fenfe , is any roafted food . + Karavan . -Kafilah is the term peculiar to India and Perfia . A town fituate ...
... story Meat minced and dreffed in the manner of what culinary language calls , forced- meat balls ; but kabaub , in a general fenfe , is any roafted food . + Karavan . -Kafilah is the term peculiar to India and Perfia . A town fituate ...
Page 192
... stories , and fmoaking my pipe . • On the 14th , at Ramnaghur - nine coffes . This village is in ruins , but having a large well of water , it is ufually made the first northern halting place from Vajzibabad . On On the 15th , at Lall ...
... stories , and fmoaking my pipe . • On the 14th , at Ramnaghur - nine coffes . This village is in ruins , but having a large well of water , it is ufually made the first northern halting place from Vajzibabad . On On the 15th , at Lall ...
Page 208
... story , and having little other matter to communicate , I am induced to intrude a sketch of it on your patience , To deduce this eventful matter ab ovo , I must call your atten- tion to the Days of Acbar , who is faid to have been the ...
... story , and having little other matter to communicate , I am induced to intrude a sketch of it on your patience , To deduce this eventful matter ab ovo , I must call your atten- tion to the Days of Acbar , who is faid to have been the ...
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affiftance affociates Afghan Aftracan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army Baku Benares Bengal Cafpian cauſe chief coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtance diſtricts eaſtern empire Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feemed feen fervant fervice fide filk firſt fituation fmall foldier fome foon fubject fuch fupplied fupported furfungs hadji Herat himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants journey Jumbo Kabul kafilah Kandahar Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian Khan Lahore laſt Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas maſter Mazanderan meaſure miles moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally officer paffed Perfia perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince province Punjab purpoſe quarter refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla Ruffian rupees ſaid ſeem ſeen ſhort ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtation ſtrong Tartars territory thefe theſe thoſe thouſand Timur Timur Shah tion town uſe uſually village Vizier weſtern whofe whoſe