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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... present state of Bengal , may have fome claim to favour , from the confideration that I visited that province in the description of a passenger ; through though but a small portion of local knowledge might have X PREFACE .
... present state of Bengal , may have fome claim to favour , from the confideration that I visited that province in the description of a passenger ; through though but a small portion of local knowledge might have X PREFACE .
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... present hour , which abforbs every retrofpect of the past , and care of the future . Their pleasures are even indolent and languid , and partake of the mild influence of their climate , and the eafy produce of a fertile foil Ali Verdy ...
... present hour , which abforbs every retrofpect of the past , and care of the future . Their pleasures are even indolent and languid , and partake of the mild influence of their climate , and the eafy produce of a fertile foil Ali Verdy ...
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... presents a scene of infinite gratification to the sense . You see an extended plain skirted by a broad winding river , and chequered with exu- berant fields of corn , groves of lofty fpreading trees , and large villages ; the whole ...
... presents a scene of infinite gratification to the sense . You see an extended plain skirted by a broad winding river , and chequered with exu- berant fields of corn , groves of lofty fpreading trees , and large villages ; the whole ...
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... present fenfe , I am induced to think that it is de- figned by the Hindoos , to denote the grand vivifying principle , termed in ancient fa- ble , the Promethean fire , fuppofed to have animated the human body . In this note , it may ...
... present fenfe , I am induced to think that it is de- figned by the Hindoos , to denote the grand vivifying principle , termed in ancient fa- ble , the Promethean fire , fuppofed to have animated the human body . In this note , it may ...
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... present Emperor . WHEN the Durannies entered + Hindoftan , in their fourth ex- pedition to participate in the wreck of the Empire , Najeb - ud- Dowlah , who was himself an Afghan , ‡ and aware of the fuperior power of Ahmed Shah ...
... present Emperor . WHEN the Durannies entered + Hindoftan , in their fourth ex- pedition to participate in the wreck of the Empire , Najeb - ud- Dowlah , who was himself an Afghan , ‡ and aware of the fuperior power of Ahmed Shah ...
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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