The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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... traveller , who has toiled up the ascent , finds to his surprise that , instead of a similar declivity on the other side , he has reached a vast plateau of lofty country , stretching away towards the east . The southern half of the ...
... traveller , who has toiled up the ascent , finds to his surprise that , instead of a similar declivity on the other side , he has reached a vast plateau of lofty country , stretching away towards the east . The southern half of the ...
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... traveller with an unspeakable freshness and verdure . The whole of this vast continent has been peopled from time immemorial by the Arab race who , secluded from the rest of the world by their pathless deserts , peninsular position ...
... traveller with an unspeakable freshness and verdure . The whole of this vast continent has been peopled from time immemorial by the Arab race who , secluded from the rest of the world by their pathless deserts , peninsular position ...
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... travellers hasting along upon the earth and labouring ! Like you , we lived ; and like us , ye too shall die ! Many a company have made their camels kneel down around us ; - And as they halted , quaffed wine mingled with the limpid ...
... travellers hasting along upon the earth and labouring ! Like you , we lived ; and like us , ye too shall die ! Many a company have made their camels kneel down around us ; - And as they halted , quaffed wine mingled with the limpid ...
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... traveller , on returning from his journey , first bent his steps . When war was resolved upon , it was there that the banner Liwa was mounted by Cussai himself , or by one of his sons . By assuming the Pre- sidency in the Hall of ...
... traveller , on returning from his journey , first bent his steps . When war was resolved upon , it was there that the banner Liwa was mounted by Cussai himself , or by one of his sons . By assuming the Pre- sidency in the Hall of ...
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... traveller ( vanity excites pity , and " pity melts the soul to love " ) have given a bias to the judgments of the French , in all matters relating to India . They see it with his eyes ; they describe it in his style . Those of them ...
... traveller ( vanity excites pity , and " pity melts the soul to love " ) have given a bias to the judgments of the French , in all matters relating to India . They see it with his eyes ; they describe it in his style . Those of them ...
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