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 27
... Leaving Ava , the ancient metropolis , which is rapidly falling into decay , the river Irrawaddy bends to the northward , when , ' says our author , the opposite city of Chagain , and the spires , the turrets , and the lofty piasath ...
... Leaving Ava , the ancient metropolis , which is rapidly falling into decay , the river Irrawaddy bends to the northward , when , ' says our author , the opposite city of Chagain , and the spires , the turrets , and the lofty piasath ...
Side 57
... 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 varieties of attitude and motion in ...
... 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 varieties of attitude and motion in ...
Side 60
... leaving India . The new dock is said to be complete and excellent in its kind ; it is the work of captain Cooper of the company's engineers . There is a steam engine for pumping it dry , the only one on the island . Bombay is the only ...
... leaving India . The new dock is said to be complete and excellent in its kind ; it is the work of captain Cooper of the company's engineers . There is a steam engine for pumping it dry , the only one on the island . Bombay is the only ...
Side 65
... leaving the eating - room , ' says Mrs. Graham , one generally sees or hears , in some place near the door , the cleaning of dishes , and the squabbling of cooks for their perquisites . If they are within sight , one perceives a couple ...
... leaving the eating - room , ' says Mrs. Graham , one generally sees or hears , in some place near the door , the cleaning of dishes , and the squabbling of cooks for their perquisites . If they are within sight , one perceives a couple ...
Side 78
... leaving space for towns , villages , and fields . They are almost clothed to the top with " majestic woods of every vigorous green ; " and it is only here and there that a wide tract of jungle - grass , or a projecting rock , interrupts ...
... leaving space for towns , villages , and fields . They are almost clothed to the top with " majestic woods of every vigorous green ; " and it is only here and there that a wide tract of jungle - grass , or a projecting rock , interrupts ...
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