Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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... India was a dangerous country . " A bad climate out there don't you think ? Bit of a white man's grave , ain't it ... India are always lying . The lawyers tell them to say that because they can't think of any other lie . If you ask me it ...
... India was a dangerous country . " A bad climate out there don't you think ? Bit of a white man's grave , ain't it ... India are always lying . The lawyers tell them to say that because they can't think of any other lie . If you ask me it ...
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... India the most hospitable people in the world . After all , the religion of India is the worship of the Burra Sahib and if a man is not somebody in particu- lar he soon learns that his claims on other people are of the slightest . There ...
... India the most hospitable people in the world . After all , the religion of India is the worship of the Burra Sahib and if a man is not somebody in particu- lar he soon learns that his claims on other people are of the slightest . There ...
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... India from Peshawar to Cape Comorin . Numbers of Ferrell's verses in imitation of Kipling's style appeared in various papers , one , among a book of cuttings , threw light on the British soldier's eight years of exile in India , which ...
... India from Peshawar to Cape Comorin . Numbers of Ferrell's verses in imitation of Kipling's style appeared in various papers , one , among a book of cuttings , threw light on the British soldier's eight years of exile in India , which ...
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