 | 1827 - 698 pages
...energetic inhabitant of the hill country are still more visible in the following passage : — " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it.* The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Asia - 1827 - 918 pages
...of Hindustan by the Emperor liabt-r, written in the sixteenth century, is curious: — " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Gavin Young - Great Britain - 1829 - 242 pages
...description of Hindostan is to be met with in Sultan Baber's Memoirs. It is as follows : — " Hindostan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it : the people are not handsome ; they have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Asia - 1827 - 912 pages
...people of Hindustan by the Emperor Baber, written in the sixteenth century, is curious: — " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly Society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 458 pages
...timber, of which they run up hovels, and a village or town is constructed in an instant.* " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, or of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...energetic inhabitant of the hill country are still more visible in the following passage : — " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. * The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...energetic inhabitant of the hill country are still more visible in the following passage: — " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it,* The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1872 - 644 pages
...so completely abandoned that you can scarcely discover a trace or mark of population." " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
 | Edward Singleton Holden - India - 1895 - 416 pages
...become the founder of an empire. Let us see what the conqueror thought of his conquest. " Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of friendly society. They have no genius, no comprehension of mind,... | |
 | Robert Watson Frazer - India - 1898 - 502 pages
...received his trade from his forefathers, who for generations have all practised the same trade. Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together,... | |
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Hindustan is a country that has few pleasures to recommend it. * The people are not handsome. They have no idea of the charms of friendly society, of frankly mixing together, or of familiar intercourse. They have no genius, no comprehension of mind, no... 
