The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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Page 21
... turn up of a particular card , or the number of people that would pass a street window in a given time - serve in them- selves to indicate the readiness with which excitement in any form was always welcomed . Brawls were frequent and ...
... turn up of a particular card , or the number of people that would pass a street window in a given time - serve in them- selves to indicate the readiness with which excitement in any form was always welcomed . Brawls were frequent and ...
Page 22
... turns him into a callous bully . In the far greater majority of duels fought in Calcutta , pistols were the weapons used ; nor is an authentic exception wanting to prove what seems the rule . The Calcutta Chronicle of the 21st May 1793 ...
... turns him into a callous bully . In the far greater majority of duels fought in Calcutta , pistols were the weapons used ; nor is an authentic exception wanting to prove what seems the rule . The Calcutta Chronicle of the 21st May 1793 ...
Page 26
... turn , had written in one of the minutes of the Council a strenuous denunciation of Francis and his public acts . Fully aware of the insulting character of the indictment and apprehending the nature of his antagonist's reply , the ...
... turn , had written in one of the minutes of the Council a strenuous denunciation of Francis and his public acts . Fully aware of the insulting character of the indictment and apprehending the nature of his antagonist's reply , the ...
Page 50
... turn it into a sort of lingua franca . What would have been the fate of the melodious and forcible , simple and clear English language , if the Norman conquest had obliterat- ed the Anglo - Saxon language and transformed it into Norman ...
... turn it into a sort of lingua franca . What would have been the fate of the melodious and forcible , simple and clear English language , if the Norman conquest had obliterat- ed the Anglo - Saxon language and transformed it into Norman ...
Page 55
... turn for a clue to what they want . It is popularly believed by the Kakars that they have descended from a priest going by the name of Kakar whom chance directed to their present abode . But it yet remains to be determined as to when ...
... turn for a clue to what they want . It is popularly believed by the Kakars that they have descended from a priest going by the name of Kakar whom chance directed to their present abode . But it yet remains to be determined as to when ...
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