The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... readers a brief review of the working of the administration in Scinde , subsequent to the annexation of that Province ; not contenting ourselves with a bare recital of rules and regulations promul- gated for the guidance of those ...
... readers a brief review of the working of the administration in Scinde , subsequent to the annexation of that Province ; not contenting ourselves with a bare recital of rules and regulations promul- gated for the guidance of those ...
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... readers ; he sells some copies of his book ; he is pretty sure to be noticed by the critics . But for the poet there is nothing but great success , or profound abysmal failure . It was recently remarked by a writer in one of our local ...
... readers ; he sells some copies of his book ; he is pretty sure to be noticed by the critics . But for the poet there is nothing but great success , or profound abysmal failure . It was recently remarked by a writer in one of our local ...
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... reader never thinks of associat- ing with the incidents of real life , any more than he does the exploits of Hercules , or the achievements of the Giant - killer . Now such an incident belongs rather to the historical , than to the ...
... reader never thinks of associat- ing with the incidents of real life , any more than he does the exploits of Hercules , or the achievements of the Giant - killer . Now such an incident belongs rather to the historical , than to the ...
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... reader is told that if he would " Caubul's city fairly view , " he must " seek Kaja - Suffa's westward height , when morning beams are o'er the dew ; " and , looking down thence , he will see " the village roofs of Beni - sher " and the ...
... reader is told that if he would " Caubul's city fairly view , " he must " seek Kaja - Suffa's westward height , when morning beams are o'er the dew ; " and , looking down thence , he will see " the village roofs of Beni - sher " and the ...
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... readers of romance will be less surprised than delighted to learn , that he soon finds him- self in the presence of the beloved Zeila . A very tender scene then ensues ; the lovers , surrounded as they are by danger , plight their troth ...
... readers of romance will be less surprised than delighted to learn , that he soon finds him- self in the presence of the beloved Zeila . A very tender scene then ensues ; the lovers , surrounded as they are by danger , plight their troth ...
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affairs Affghan Affghanistan Agra amongst army attack Bala Hissar Bamian Bengal Brahmans brigade British Cabul Calcutta Candahar cantonments Captain Hervey Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command course Court creation cultivators detachment district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Elphinstone enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu India influence instruction Kalhana Kashmir Khan labour land landholders Lord Lord Auckland Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar matter means measures ment military Mohun Lal Namuh native Nawab North Western Provinces object occupation officers pass Pergunnah period Persian political portion position possession present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received regarding regiment render respect revenue rupees Sale Sanskrit schools Scinde settlement Shah Shuja Shah's sipahis tion tribes troops Urdu village whilst whole Yar Mahomed Zeila