A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 4Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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Side 7
... eyes are small and red , their skin of a deep sooty black , whilst their countenances exhibit the extreme of wretchedness : a horrid mixture of famine and ferocity . They go quite naked , and are insensible of any shame from exposure ...
... eyes are small and red , their skin of a deep sooty black , whilst their countenances exhibit the extreme of wretchedness : a horrid mixture of famine and ferocity . They go quite naked , and are insensible of any shame from exposure ...
Side 40
... eyes may not be obliged to behold those whom he does not mean to honour with a look . ' After we had taken possession of mats that had been spread for us , it was civilly intimated that we ought not to protrude the soles of our feet ...
... eyes may not be obliged to behold those whom he does not mean to honour with a look . ' After we had taken possession of mats that had been spread for us , it was civilly intimated that we ought not to protrude the soles of our feet ...
Side 51
... eyes of an European , which is not diminished by their being constantly filled with betle leaf . Men of rank wear , in common dress , a tight coat , with long sleeves made of muslin , or extremely fine nankin , which is manufactured in ...
... eyes of an European , which is not diminished by their being constantly filled with betle leaf . Men of rank wear , in common dress , a tight coat , with long sleeves made of muslin , or extremely fine nankin , which is manufactured in ...
Side 57
... eyes , has the effect of dress . 6 Leaving the bunder we crossed the esplanade , which presented a gay and interesting scene , being crowded with people in carriages , on horseback , and on foot . A painter might have studied all the ...
... eyes , has the effect of dress . 6 Leaving the bunder we crossed the esplanade , which presented a gay and interesting scene , being crowded with people in carriages , on horseback , and on foot . A painter might have studied all the ...
Side 60
... eyes fixed on the ground ; they also sprinkle it with red and yellow dust , and strew flowers before it ; and it is common to see at its root stones sculptured with the figures of some of the minor Hindoo gods . " The fort of Bombay is ...
... eyes fixed on the ground ; they also sprinkle it with red and yellow dust , and strew flowers before it ; and it is common to see at its root stones sculptured with the figures of some of the minor Hindoo gods . " The fort of Bombay is ...
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