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- proper noun Obsolete spelling of
Brahmaputra .
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Burrampooter is a late discovery, while his brother Ganges has been the theme of ancient and modern story Coupele, the scene of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Burrampooter, which is a very uninteresting river, and appears more like
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Yet so capricious is Fame, that the Burrampooter is a late discovery, while his brother Ganges has been the theme of ancient and modern story Coupele, the scene of Timour's last victory, must be situate near Loldong, 1100 miles from Calcutta; and in 1774, a British camp!
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Yet so capricious is Fame, that the Burrampooter is a late discovery, while his brother Ganges has been the theme of ancient and modern story Coupele, the scene of Timour's last victory, must be situate near Loldong, 1100 miles from Calcutta; and in 1774, a British camp!
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Burrampooter, the 23rd ult., that I found a picture of Mrs. Newcome and Charles too, and of both their spectacles, quite like.
The Newcomes 2006
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Jaik, the Jihon, and the Jemba to the West; the Amur and the Hoang Ho to the East; and the Indus, Ganges, and Burrampooter to the South.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 Various
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Burrampooter chasm, terminated by the rugged peak so distinctly seen from
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The water of this river or portion of the Megna? is remarkably clear, compared with that of the Ganges; as indeed is that of the Burrampooter.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Caspian; unless, like the Burrampooter, after various and extensive windings, it may return towards its source, and fall into the
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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Company was felt in India; their banners were now flying from the Indus to the Burrampooter.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various
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