Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years' Residence in BengalS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883 - 298 páginas |
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... animal that may be I do not know , not being versed in heraldic zoology . At all events , he was not credited with knowing his head from his elbow , and was regarded as utterly incapable of managing either his own affairs or those of ...
... animal that may be I do not know , not being versed in heraldic zoology . At all events , he was not credited with knowing his head from his elbow , and was regarded as utterly incapable of managing either his own affairs or those of ...
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... animal to Europeans , and the apish propensities of the natives . The power of the sun precludes Europeans from walking about under its influence without the shelter of a chatta , as coup de soleil , fever of varied description ...
... animal to Europeans , and the apish propensities of the natives . The power of the sun precludes Europeans from walking about under its influence without the shelter of a chatta , as coup de soleil , fever of varied description ...
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... animal had passed vastly superior to that possessed by the owner himself , who , on passing , would pause on heel to listen , being quite astonished at what the animal was celebrated for ; and although the horse had never been in any ...
... animal had passed vastly superior to that possessed by the owner himself , who , on passing , would pause on heel to listen , being quite astonished at what the animal was celebrated for ; and although the horse had never been in any ...
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... animal steam during the period necessary for the disposal of a single lot ; consequently the attendance was almost entirely composed of natives . Any further description of this Arabia Felix has for me no inducement or attraction . I ...
... animal steam during the period necessary for the disposal of a single lot ; consequently the attendance was almost entirely composed of natives . Any further description of this Arabia Felix has for me no inducement or attraction . I ...
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... short distance on the plain , into which he sulkily squatted and lay down . Mills must have been some forty or fifty yards from him at the time ; yet he saw the animal eyeing and regarding him , 222 PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES .
... short distance on the plain , into which he sulkily squatted and lay down . Mills must have been some forty or fifty yards from him at the time ; yet he saw the animal eyeing and regarding him , 222 PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES .
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Pen and Pencil Sketches. Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years ... W. H. Florio Hutchisson,John Wilson Vista previa restringida - 2024 |
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