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 69
... myself , were it not that many of them have had their throats cut by their friends , and been compelled to drink very bitter potions ; fince liable to fuch treatment , much good may their fine ladies and other fine things do them ! - In ...
... myself , were it not that many of them have had their throats cut by their friends , and been compelled to drink very bitter potions ; fince liable to fuch treatment , much good may their fine ladies and other fine things do them ! - In ...
Page 75
... myself , the horse and his keeper , the whole of my dayly expenditure amounted to a fum , which as you will not credit , I will not venture to note ; and on days when I was in- clined to feast , the addition of two or three pence ...
... myself , the horse and his keeper , the whole of my dayly expenditure amounted to a fum , which as you will not credit , I will not venture to note ; and on days when I was in- clined to feast , the addition of two or three pence ...
Page 189
... myself guilty of an injuftice , did I not unrefervedly declare , that the inhabitants treated me with civility , and , ufually , with kindness . ON the 11th , at Chandpour - 12 coffes . Finding the want of a fervant fubjected me to ...
... myself guilty of an injuftice , did I not unrefervedly declare , that the inhabitants treated me with civility , and , ufually , with kindness . ON the 11th , at Chandpour - 12 coffes . Finding the want of a fervant fubjected me to ...
Page 191
... myself fortunate in getting admittance into a cook's fhop , where kabaubs * and stewed beef were dreffed in fa- voury taste , and all the news - mongers , idlers , politicians , and dif- banded foldiers , of the quarter , refort ...
... myself fortunate in getting admittance into a cook's fhop , where kabaubs * and stewed beef were dreffed in fa- voury taste , and all the news - mongers , idlers , politicians , and dif- banded foldiers , of the quarter , refort ...
Page 199
... myself faw ; but I believe the adjacent inhabitants do not use any means of catch- ing them . No cultivation is seen in the vicinity of the Jumna , though a spacious plain extends on the western fide , and might be watered without much ...
... myself faw ; but I believe the adjacent inhabitants do not use any means of catch- ing them . No cultivation is seen in the vicinity of the Jumna , though a spacious plain extends on the western fide , and might be watered without much ...
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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