The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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... period of , what has been styled by Mr. Keene , the " Great Anarchy , " immediately before the British became the paramount power in Hindustan . Asiatic rulers have always been desirous of engag- ing the services of Europeans , so long ...
... period of , what has been styled by Mr. Keene , the " Great Anarchy , " immediately before the British became the paramount power in Hindustan . Asiatic rulers have always been desirous of engag- ing the services of Europeans , so long ...
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... welcomed . Brawls were frequent and jealousy of the bitterest a constant source of enmity . A young man could hardly pass through the period of his service without being subjected to a DUELLING DAYS IN OLD CALCUTTA . 21.
... welcomed . Brawls were frequent and jealousy of the bitterest a constant source of enmity . A young man could hardly pass through the period of his service without being subjected to a DUELLING DAYS IN OLD CALCUTTA . 21.
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the period of his service without being subjected to a challenge , and even the mildest of seniors were on occasion the most pointed of insulters . The following may serve as an illustration of the typical procedure . Major T. detects ...
the period of his service without being subjected to a challenge , and even the mildest of seniors were on occasion the most pointed of insulters . The following may serve as an illustration of the typical procedure . Major T. detects ...
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... period he made the matter the subject of a special letter of complaint addressed to the Commander - in - Chief Sir Charles Napier . " Although the decay of the practice of duelling in Great Britain was inevitably followed by its decay ...
... period he made the matter the subject of a special letter of complaint addressed to the Commander - in - Chief Sir Charles Napier . " Although the decay of the practice of duelling in Great Britain was inevitably followed by its decay ...
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... period of thirty centuries . Besides its great antiquity and sublime poetry the Rig Veda has been correctly interpreted as showing at a glance how the human mind had travelled from the simpli- city of nature worship to grasp the most ...
... period of thirty centuries . Besides its great antiquity and sublime poetry the Rig Veda has been correctly interpreted as showing at a glance how the human mind had travelled from the simpli- city of nature worship to grasp the most ...
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