Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page xvi
... England's ten talents . What can we do individually . Have we done our duty to India . Worthy bishops . The Presidency of Bombay . Its extent and population . Mount Meru , & c . , & c . ยท CHAPTER VIII . Departure of day . Rapid advance ...
... England's ten talents . What can we do individually . Have we done our duty to India . Worthy bishops . The Presidency of Bombay . Its extent and population . Mount Meru , & c . , & c . ยท CHAPTER VIII . Departure of day . Rapid advance ...
Page 24
... England . The pangs of separation had in a great measure passed away , and I now began to look more soberly upon my present lot - trusting alone to the goodness of Him who could cast it in pleasant places . I went on deck at 6 A. M. ...
... England . The pangs of separation had in a great measure passed away , and I now began to look more soberly upon my present lot - trusting alone to the goodness of Him who could cast it in pleasant places . I went on deck at 6 A. M. ...
Page 39
... who were pictures of sea- sickness and misery ; and in some countenances there was a glow of hope , excited by the thought of once more visiting old England . Two days after this encounter in the Indian Ocean , RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA . 39.
... who were pictures of sea- sickness and misery ; and in some countenances there was a glow of hope , excited by the thought of once more visiting old England . Two days after this encounter in the Indian Ocean , RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA . 39.
Page 43
... England was eventually to reap the benefits of his discovery , and that a quiet little company of Leadenhall Street mer- chants would , in due time , take counsel together to turn the trade of Hindostan into a new channel , and to ...
... England was eventually to reap the benefits of his discovery , and that a quiet little company of Leadenhall Street mer- chants would , in due time , take counsel together to turn the trade of Hindostan into a new channel , and to ...
Page 46
... England is accused of in- justice towards India , but we cannot say that she has been indifferent to the spiritual welfare and happiness of its countless inhabitants . She has not , like the Romanists , wherever their agents have ...
... England is accused of in- justice towards India , but we cannot say that she has been indifferent to the spiritual welfare and happiness of its countless inhabitants . She has not , like the Romanists , wherever their agents have ...
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