Men and Events of My Time in IndiaJ. Murray, 1882 - 526 pages |
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... felt the shock of a mutiny and rebellion which convulsed half the Indian empire and shook the British power to the very foundations . It saw , too , the abolition of the East India Company , the grandest private corporation that ever ...
... felt the shock of a mutiny and rebellion which convulsed half the Indian empire and shook the British power to the very foundations . It saw , too , the abolition of the East India Company , the grandest private corporation that ever ...
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... felt youthful wonder at the normal incidents of the overland journey , as it used to be made in those days - the equinoctial gale in the Bay of Biscay , the distant summit of Atlas forming a background to the view of Gibraltar , the ...
... felt youthful wonder at the normal incidents of the overland journey , as it used to be made in those days - the equinoctial gale in the Bay of Biscay , the distant summit of Atlas forming a background to the view of Gibraltar , the ...
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... with far - sighted care , to meet a want which in the present and coming generations will be widely felt , namely , men . 1 СПАР . 11 . ALEXANDER DUFF , SCOTCH MISSIONARY . 22 MEN AND EVENTS OF MY TIME IN INDIA . CHAP . II .
... with far - sighted care , to meet a want which in the present and coming generations will be widely felt , namely , men . 1 СПАР . 11 . ALEXANDER DUFF , SCOTCH MISSIONARY . 22 MEN AND EVENTS OF MY TIME IN INDIA . CHAP . II .
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... felt regard for his con- spicuous and popular qualities . The indignity he unavoidably suffered , when recalled from his post by the Court of Directors , caused public sympathy to be drawn towards him . And the valedictory ...
... felt regard for his con- spicuous and popular qualities . The indignity he unavoidably suffered , when recalled from his post by the Court of Directors , caused public sympathy to be drawn towards him . And the valedictory ...
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... felt tempted to exclaim- " Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void , And say , here was , or is , where all is doubly night . " Thus the ways of the Natives , both high and humble ; the toils and anxieties , the simple - minded ...
... felt tempted to exclaim- " Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void , And say , here was , or is , where all is doubly night . " Thus the ways of the Natives , both high and humble ; the toils and anxieties , the simple - minded ...
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