The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, Through the Upper Valleys of the HimálayaBlackwood, 1875 - 475 էջ |
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... hundreds - I may say thousands— of more or less insignificant articles in newspapers and periodicals ; but , like the vast majority of my fellow- labourers in that department of literature , I have sought PREFACE . xiii.
... hundreds - I may say thousands— of more or less insignificant articles in newspapers and periodicals ; but , like the vast majority of my fellow- labourers in that department of literature , I have sought PREFACE . xiii.
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... less sacred than Benares in the estimation of the Hindús ; so holy is it that the mere mention of the river on which it stands is supposed to procure the forgiveness of sins ; and the banks of this river are covered by as picturesque ...
... less sacred than Benares in the estimation of the Hindús ; so holy is it that the mere mention of the river on which it stands is supposed to procure the forgiveness of sins ; and the banks of this river are covered by as picturesque ...
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... Rocks , where I found a beautifully- situated bungalow for travellers , and an old but by no means worn - out Khansamah , who cooked for me a less pretentious but probably as good a dinner as I could 12 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
... Rocks , where I found a beautifully- situated bungalow for travellers , and an old but by no means worn - out Khansamah , who cooked for me a less pretentious but probably as good a dinner as I could 12 THE ABODE OF SNOW .
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... less weird but hardly less extraordinary . Large fish began to leap at the dragon - flies which skimmed over the surface of the water ; monkeys ran along the banks above , and chattered angrily at us ; many peacocks also appeared above ...
... less weird but hardly less extraordinary . Large fish began to leap at the dragon - flies which skimmed over the surface of the water ; monkeys ran along the banks above , and chattered angrily at us ; many peacocks also appeared above ...
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... less did the company of unpolytheistic Englishmen . The spectacle of the bathing was curious , but not very interesting or exciting ; and I do not wonder that the Brahmins have announced , by way of getting up a new sensation , that the ...
... less did the company of unpolytheistic Englishmen . The spectacle of the bathing was curious , but not very interesting or exciting ; and I do not wonder that the Brahmins have announced , by way of getting up a new sensation , that the ...
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The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the ... Andrew Wilson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1875 |
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