The Englishman in IndiaLongmans, Green, 1867 - 351 páginas |
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... whilst the growth of European civilisation , churches , † castles , and palaces , sprung up along the coast of India . As the sailors and soldiers of Portugal were thus seizing a noble prey , her priests and poets followed close behind ...
... whilst the growth of European civilisation , churches , † castles , and palaces , sprung up along the coast of India . As the sailors and soldiers of Portugal were thus seizing a noble prey , her priests and poets followed close behind ...
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... whilst Jesuits and Dominicans swarmed in the streets of Goa , hundreds of innocent men rotted in the dungeons of the Inquisition , or perished at the stake . To turn to the early struggles of our own countrymen to reach India by the ...
... whilst Jesuits and Dominicans swarmed in the streets of Goa , hundreds of innocent men rotted in the dungeons of the Inquisition , or perished at the stake . To turn to the early struggles of our own countrymen to reach India by the ...
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... whilst the Portuguese and the Spaniards were employed in the discovery and the conquest of new worlds , the French were amusing them- selves with tournaments . ' * He declares further , that Louis XIII . , at his accession to the crown ...
... whilst the Portuguese and the Spaniards were employed in the discovery and the conquest of new worlds , the French were amusing them- selves with tournaments . ' * He declares further , that Louis XIII . , at his accession to the crown ...
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... whilst the other two fanned away the flies ; the king feeding them occasionally with a pair of silver tongs . On arriving at Surat , Terry was at once summoned to supply the room of Sir Thomas Roe's late chaplain ; and lived two years ...
... whilst the other two fanned away the flies ; the king feeding them occasionally with a pair of silver tongs . On arriving at Surat , Terry was at once summoned to supply the room of Sir Thomas Roe's late chaplain ; and lived two years ...
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... whilst Terry had fifty dishes , all of which he tasted , and all he declares tasted very well . All these dishes were served up at once , little paths being left amongst them for the entertainer's servants , who alone waited to reach ...
... whilst Terry had fifty dishes , all of which he tasted , and all he declares tasted very well . All these dishes were served up at once , little paths being left amongst them for the entertainer's servants , who alone waited to reach ...
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