| Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) - Asia, Central - 1826 - 538 pages
...shoot even with the bow of our country, and it becomes quite useless. Nor is it the bow alone'that becomes useless; the coats of mail, books, clothes,...winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season; but 1 Baber's opinions regarding India, are nearly the same .with those of most Europeans of the upper... | |
| Josiah Conder - Africa - 1828 - 374 pages
...During the rainy season, you cannot] shoot, even with the bow of our country, and it becomes quite useless. The coats of mail, books, clothes, and furniture,...houses too suffer from not being substantially built The heat cannot be compared to the heats of Balkh and Kandahar. It is not above half so warm as in... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1827 - 632 pages
...тегу pleasant. On some days it rains ten, fifteen, and even twenty times. During the rainy seasoUj inundations come pouring down all at once, and form...pleasant enough weather in the winter and summer, as wefi as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...rains ten, fifteen, and even twenty times. During the rainy season, inundations come pouring down nll at once, and form rivers, even in places where, at...winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 798 pages
...knowledge in design or architecture ; they have no good horses, no good flesh, no grapes or musk-melons f, no good fruits, no ice or cold water, no good food...winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 788 pages
...knowledge in design or architecture ; they have no good horses, no good flesh, no grapes or musk-melons f, no good fruits, no ice or cold water, no good food...winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...there is no water. While the rains continue on the ground, the air is singularly delightful—insomuch, that nothing can surpass its soft and agreeable temperature....winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...is it the bow alone that becomes useless; the coals of mail, books, clothes, and furniture, all feet the bad effects of the moisture. Their houses, too,...built. There is pleasant enough weather in the winter nnd summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Books - 1849 - 782 pages
...Its defect is, that the air is rather moist nnd damp. During the rainy season, you cannot shoot, eveo with the bow of our country, and it becomes quite...winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and there is an excessive quantity of earth and dust flying... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...times. During the rainy season, inundations come pouring down all at once, and form rivers, even ia places where, at other times, there is no water. While...substantially built. There is pleasant enough weather io the winter and summer, as well as in the rainy season ; but then the north wind always blows, and... | |
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