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 2Faulder, 1798 - 297 pages |
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... character , is thrown afide ; and the Turk , Arab , and Perfian , as if fatigued with ex- hibiting the ferious and guarded deportment of their own country , give a licentious fcope to their paffions . THE Valley of Kashmire is of an ...
... character , is thrown afide ; and the Turk , Arab , and Perfian , as if fatigued with ex- hibiting the ferious and guarded deportment of their own country , give a licentious fcope to their paffions . THE Valley of Kashmire is of an ...
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... character of a Kashmirian is conspicuously seen , when invested with official power . Supported by an au- thority which prescribes no limits to its agents , in the accumula- tion of public emoluments , the Kashmirian displays the ...
... character of a Kashmirian is conspicuously seen , when invested with official power . Supported by an au- thority which prescribes no limits to its agents , in the accumula- tion of public emoluments , the Kashmirian displays the ...
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... character of this , let me call him , infernal defpot , I will mention fome facts which were communicated during my refidence in the province . While he was paffing with his court , under one of the wooden bridges of the city , on which ...
... character of this , let me call him , infernal defpot , I will mention fome facts which were communicated during my refidence in the province . While he was paffing with his court , under one of the wooden bridges of the city , on which ...
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... character of the governor of Kashmire , which is compofed of little elfe than a blind destructive cruelty , you * The natives of this province are rarely feen engaged in a military occupation , from which their genius feems averfe ; and ...
... character of the governor of Kashmire , which is compofed of little elfe than a blind destructive cruelty , you * The natives of this province are rarely feen engaged in a military occupation , from which their genius feems averfe ; and ...
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... character , and difpofed to do me kindness , I had re- folved to remain there , but my fervant , the fame person who had fet upon me at Jumbo , difcovered me to the family to whom he knew I had brought introductory letters , and being ...
... character , and difpofed to do me kindness , I had re- folved to remain there , but my fervant , the fame person who had fet upon me at Jumbo , difcovered me to the family to whom he knew I had brought introductory letters , and being ...
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affiftance affociate Afghan Afghaniſtan Afiatic Aftracan Aga Mahomed againſt alfo alſo Armenian Attock Baku Cafpian fea cauſe Chriftian coffes confifts courſe defert Derbent diſtance diſtricts eaſt eaſtern empire eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenſive faid fect feemed feen feid fervice feven fhore fide filk firſt fituation fmall fociety fome foon fouthern fpecies ftream ftrong fubject fuch fupplied fupport furfungs furniſhed ghan Ghilan hadji Herat himſelf Hindoos horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants interfected journey Kabul kafilah Kandahar karavanfera Kaſhmire Kaſhmirians Khan Khorafan laſt leaſt Mahomet Mahometan Mazanderan miles moſt Mufchid muſt myſelf Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally paffage paffed paffengers Pefhour Perfia perfon Peterſburgh pleaſure poffeffed prefent prince procured province purpoſe quarter refidence river road Ruffian ſaid ſeemed ſeen ſhould ſmall ſome ſpace ſtands ſtate ſtation Tartars theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Timur Shah tion town travellers Turcoman ufually uſe uſually veffel village weſtern whofe whoſe