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Page 13
But from this point we must let Thorn tell the rest of the story in his own words :Many difficulties were started and whilst he was endeavouring to obviate them , the firing recommenced from the fort , which unexpected occurrence ...
But from this point we must let Thorn tell the rest of the story in his own words :Many difficulties were started and whilst he was endeavouring to obviate them , the firing recommenced from the fort , which unexpected occurrence ...
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No less attractive than the foregoing account is the story of Clive and the young bully whom he accused of cheating at cards . The anecdote forms the subject of Browning's poem " Clive ” ( Dramatic Idylls , and series ) , but the ...
No less attractive than the foregoing account is the story of Clive and the young bully whom he accused of cheating at cards . The anecdote forms the subject of Browning's poem " Clive ” ( Dramatic Idylls , and series ) , but the ...
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The same gentleman had a brother in the Bengal Cavalry , and a man quite of his own kidney of which frolicsome pair a story used to be current which may be worth repeating . It was to the effect that they met at the dinner table of a ...
The same gentleman had a brother in the Bengal Cavalry , and a man quite of his own kidney of which frolicsome pair a story used to be current which may be worth repeating . It was to the effect that they met at the dinner table of a ...
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In fact it mainly depends on the random research of the already overworked Patwari or mohurrir who only puffs up imperfectly remembered stories to cover a convenient number of pages and doesn't believe in wasting time and energy on the ...
In fact it mainly depends on the random research of the already overworked Patwari or mohurrir who only puffs up imperfectly remembered stories to cover a convenient number of pages and doesn't believe in wasting time and energy on the ...
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He is happy and contented , though it is a treat for him to gapingly listen to the mixed stories of the adventurous wiseacres who have seen the Kaffir's horse which ambles at a terrific speed and his cities out of which hundreds of his ...
He is happy and contented , though it is a treat for him to gapingly listen to the mixed stories of the adventurous wiseacres who have seen the Kaffir's horse which ambles at a terrific speed and his cities out of which hundreds of his ...
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