Life in India: A Series of Sketches Showing Something of the Anglo-Indian, the Land He Lives In, and the People Among Whom He LivesLongmans, Green, 1872 - 349 páginas |
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... clothes , broad - cloth , and overcoats are worn ; the British soldier is paraded in sheep - skin wrappers ; the native huddles himself in his rezai ( a sort of coverlet which , with its padding of cotton and external coating of dirt ...
... clothes , broad - cloth , and overcoats are worn ; the British soldier is paraded in sheep - skin wrappers ; the native huddles himself in his rezai ( a sort of coverlet which , with its padding of cotton and external coating of dirt ...
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... only the costume is that of every - day life , not one specially adapted for the purpose , and it is 1 The piebeian hookah . the fault of the climate that the clothes of normal A VIEW OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIA . 23.
... only the costume is that of every - day life , not one specially adapted for the purpose , and it is 1 The piebeian hookah . the fault of the climate that the clothes of normal A VIEW OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIA . 23.
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... clothes of normal wear are not very thick . But let us proceed upon our road - our road , by the way , is principally occupied by two deep ruts cut in it by native carts , all of which make it a point to pursue one beaten ( or rather ...
... clothes of normal wear are not very thick . But let us proceed upon our road - our road , by the way , is principally occupied by two deep ruts cut in it by native carts , all of which make it a point to pursue one beaten ( or rather ...
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... cloth merchant's , where are gaudy chintzes , American longcloth , English cloth , and muslins ; a brazier's , where are the brass and copper utensils for cooking and drinking ; a shop where are sold the snakes and general apparatus of ...
... cloth merchant's , where are gaudy chintzes , American longcloth , English cloth , and muslins ; a brazier's , where are the brass and copper utensils for cooking and drinking ; a shop where are sold the snakes and general apparatus of ...
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... cloth wrapped round their heads as a turban , and round their waists another cloth , which descends to the knee . Many men have even less covering than this ; some few who have more wear a small tight jacket A VIEW OF NORTHERN AND ...
... cloth wrapped round their heads as a turban , and round their waists another cloth , which descends to the knee . Many men have even less covering than this ; some few who have more wear a small tight jacket A VIEW OF NORTHERN AND ...
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Life in India: A Series of Sketches Showing Something of the Anglo-Indian ... Sir Edward Braddon Visualização integral - 1872 |
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