Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India ... Observations ... Africa and South America ...Bensley, 1813 |
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Side x
... leaving Dhuboy .. reasons assigned for their conduct .. threats and intended ambuscade of the Gracias .. the mantra , and divinations communicated by the brahmins .. paper presented by the elders of Dhuboy , stating the happiness of the ...
... leaving Dhuboy .. reasons assigned for their conduct .. threats and intended ambuscade of the Gracias .. the mantra , and divinations communicated by the brahmins .. paper presented by the elders of Dhuboy , stating the happiness of the ...
Side xii
... leave the Guicwar dominions , and enter those of Mhadajee Sindia .. Jarode , Halool .. Powa - Ghur ; that fortress described .. Champoneer formerly the capital of Guzerat .. romantic country near Malow .. Belah fruit .. intestine broils ...
... leave the Guicwar dominions , and enter those of Mhadajee Sindia .. Jarode , Halool .. Powa - Ghur ; that fortress described .. Champoneer formerly the capital of Guzerat .. romantic country near Malow .. Belah fruit .. intestine broils ...
Side 10
... leaving the space clear ; and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower . A shout of joy was raised to the god ; he is said to smile when the libation of blood is made . The people threw cowries , or small money , on the body ...
... leaving the space clear ; and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower . A shout of joy was raised to the god ; he is said to smile when the libation of blood is made . The people threw cowries , or small money , on the body ...
Side 23
... leaving his father's house in poverty and distress , and sleeping on the ground , on his journey to Haran , with only a stone for his pillow , he dreamed that a ladder was set upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven ; and ...
... leaving his father's house in poverty and distress , and sleeping on the ground , on his journey to Haran , with only a stone for his pillow , he dreamed that a ladder was set upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven ; and ...
Side 24
... leave their family , break every tender connexion of life , and wander over the face of the earth , in the exercise of their religious duties . Their rules are very strict , and some of their voluntary penances of the severest kind ...
... leave their family , break every tender connexion of life , and wander over the face of the earth , in the exercise of their religious duties . Their rules are very strict , and some of their voluntary penances of the severest kind ...
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Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abriged from a Series of Familiar Letters ... James Forbes Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
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