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Page 19
Even in England such men as Pitt and Fox follow the " code of honour , " and later no less a worthy than Daniel O'Connel eludes two successive challenges from Peel and Disraeli . On Indian soil the earliest duel of which history takes ...
Even in England such men as Pitt and Fox follow the " code of honour , " and later no less a worthy than Daniel O'Connel eludes two successive challenges from Peel and Disraeli . On Indian soil the earliest duel of which history takes ...
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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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He spent a bad night , foreseeing nothing less than wounds , death , and the dismissal of the whole party . But morning found his acquaintance of the night before in a milder frame , and written explanations were exchanged , which ...
He spent a bad night , foreseeing nothing less than wounds , death , and the dismissal of the whole party . But morning found his acquaintance of the night before in a milder frame , and written explanations were exchanged , which ...
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The Mahabharata contains 22,000 and the Ramayana 48,000 lines , while the Iliad contains only 16,000 and the Æneid less than 10 , coo lines . The above enumeration and description of a vast body of Sanskrit literature , suggests the ...
The Mahabharata contains 22,000 and the Ramayana 48,000 lines , while the Iliad contains only 16,000 and the Æneid less than 10 , coo lines . The above enumeration and description of a vast body of Sanskrit literature , suggests the ...
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The later legendary history of the people is more or less a record of continuous strife between the offshoots of the race for supremacy kept on down to the occupation of the country by our Government . It is said by the people that a ...
The later legendary history of the people is more or less a record of continuous strife between the offshoots of the race for supremacy kept on down to the occupation of the country by our Government . It is said by the people that a ...
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