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Page 17
... remarkably fine corps , nearly 900 strong , on parade . In the cool of the day we drove to the country - house of the British Resident , where he generally resides in prefer- ence to the palace in the town . The farm and dairy reminded ...
... remarkably fine corps , nearly 900 strong , on parade . In the cool of the day we drove to the country - house of the British Resident , where he generally resides in prefer- ence to the palace in the town . The farm and dairy reminded ...
Page 42
... remarkably fair , his eyes almost too large and soft for a man , and his features of the most perfect regularity — an epithet that cannot be applied to his mode of life , which has been one of the most extravagant de- bauchery . By his ...
... remarkably fair , his eyes almost too large and soft for a man , and his features of the most perfect regularity — an epithet that cannot be applied to his mode of life , which has been one of the most extravagant de- bauchery . By his ...
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... remarkably fine men ; few of them under 6 feet . Two or three of them were quite Achilleses of strength and beauty . We inspected every corner of their stronghold , and as- cended one of the towers ; and I thought our prying visit ...
... remarkably fine men ; few of them under 6 feet . Two or three of them were quite Achilleses of strength and beauty . We inspected every corner of their stronghold , and as- cended one of the towers ; and I thought our prying visit ...
Page 64
... remarkably handsome , and wore be- coming dresses of red and blue gauze , sprigged with divers colours . The Hindoos carried vessels across their shoul- ders , intended to convey away some of the precious water of the holy Ganges ; and ...
... remarkably handsome , and wore be- coming dresses of red and blue gauze , sprigged with divers colours . The Hindoos carried vessels across their shoul- ders , intended to convey away some of the precious water of the holy Ganges ; and ...
Page 67
... remarkably white and regular . For this latter beauty the Seikhs are famous , and they owe it , most probably , to their disuse of tobacco and paun ; the quick - lime , an ingredient of the last - named favourite stimulant of Mussulman ...
... remarkably white and regular . For this latter beauty the Seikhs are famous , and they owe it , most probably , to their disuse of tobacco and paun ; the quick - lime , an ingredient of the last - named favourite stimulant of Mussulman ...
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