The Calcutta Review, Volume 21University of Calcutta, 1853 |
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Page 87
... village to village , with no baggage but a cocoa - nut , in which they collect the rice that they beg from door to door - these troops of laborers and petty merchants , who lead weary • 6 6 children by the hand , or carry them astride ...
... village to village , with no baggage but a cocoa - nut , in which they collect the rice that they beg from door to door - these troops of laborers and petty merchants , who lead weary • 6 6 children by the hand , or carry them astride ...
Page 124
... village communities , and permanent tenants , there is no perfect pro- perty in any of the sharers - where there are neither com- munities nor permanent tenants , the king , doubtless , is the ' full and complete proprietor : all ...
... village communities , and permanent tenants , there is no perfect pro- perty in any of the sharers - where there are neither com- munities nor permanent tenants , the king , doubtless , is the ' full and complete proprietor : all ...
Page 177
... villages " of budgerows , those " inverted cocked hats , " sailed in company . Read the Journals of travellers on the Continent , thirty years ago , their descriptions of teazing Custom House officers , roguish inn - keepers , bad ...
... villages " of budgerows , those " inverted cocked hats , " sailed in company . Read the Journals of travellers on the Continent , thirty years ago , their descriptions of teazing Custom House officers , roguish inn - keepers , bad ...
Page 181
... village of Satgan , once a royal city , and emporium of trade , and last century adorned with the country seats of the Dutch of Chinsurah . We cross a bridge , over a stream which once held the Ganges waves , when the river flowed down ...
... village of Satgan , once a royal city , and emporium of trade , and last century adorned with the country seats of the Dutch of Chinsurah . We cross a bridge , over a stream which once held the Ganges waves , when the river flowed down ...
Page 182
... village , of 2,000 families , noted for dakaiti , marks the Northern limit of the growth of the cocoanut tree , which does not flourish beyond this : it requires the influence of the sea air . A tower on the right hand , 120 feet high ...
... village , of 2,000 families , noted for dakaiti , marks the Northern limit of the growth of the cocoanut tree , which does not flourish beyond this : it requires the influence of the sea air . A tower on the right hand , 120 feet high ...
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