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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... mention , especially in the East parts of the world , there was nothing that could pacify my unquiet mind , " until I had with mine eyes seen the truth thereof , and in my own person beheld the situation of lands " and regions , with ...
... mention , especially in the East parts of the world , there was nothing that could pacify my unquiet mind , " until I had with mine eyes seen the truth thereof , and in my own person beheld the situation of lands " and regions , with ...
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... mentioned the most striking features in the moral and religious character of the Hindoos . It would be end- less to enter into the various shades of caste and different cere- monials observed among them ; nor are they of importance to ...
... mentioned the most striking features in the moral and religious character of the Hindoos . It would be end- less to enter into the various shades of caste and different cere- monials observed among them ; nor are they of importance to ...
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... mentioned in these memoirs , it is equally so among the enlightened brahmins , that the spirit of man origi- nally emanates from the GREAT SOUL OF BEING , the Divine Spirit : and when , by the inevitable stroke of death , it quits its ...
... mentioned in these memoirs , it is equally so among the enlightened brahmins , that the spirit of man origi- nally emanates from the GREAT SOUL OF BEING , the Divine Spirit : and when , by the inevitable stroke of death , it quits its ...
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... mention this circumstance , because in the whole Guze- rat province there is seldom a rising ground to the west of Powagur , or the mountains which separate it from the interior parts of Hin- dostan . The rich prospects in this country ...
... mention this circumstance , because in the whole Guze- rat province there is seldom a rising ground to the west of Powagur , or the mountains which separate it from the interior parts of Hin- dostan . The rich prospects in this country ...
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... mentioned , which desig- nated the name of Cambat , but such were not uncommon in for- mer times , as we find from the pillar at Delhi , still remaining , which is generally , although improperly , called the pillar of Feeroze Shah . It ...
... mentioned , which desig- nated the name of Cambat , but such were not uncommon in for- mer times , as we find from the pillar at Delhi , still remaining , which is generally , although improperly , called the pillar of Feeroze Shah . It ...
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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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