Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 223William Blackwood, 1928 - England |
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... later it was handed to Pardon - Howe in durbar at a tribal conference , where he sat on a log , the rain dripping off the edges of his hat , and his pipe upside - down to keep it alight . The two Gurkhas who brought it barged un ...
... later it was handed to Pardon - Howe in durbar at a tribal conference , where he sat on a log , the rain dripping off the edges of his hat , and his pipe upside - down to keep it alight . The two Gurkhas who brought it barged un ...
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... later , Crooke and Macmillan returned to the stockade from a visit to neigh- bours . They were met at the gate by the old Subadar . " A sahib has come . " Wha's that , Subadar Sahib ? " A sahib has come . He is a strange sahib , talking ...
... later , Crooke and Macmillan returned to the stockade from a visit to neigh- bours . They were met at the gate by the old Subadar . " A sahib has come . " Wha's that , Subadar Sahib ? " A sahib has come . He is a strange sahib , talking ...
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... later for a bowl of hot soup and twenty grains of quinine , both watched to destination , and , " Now then , don't you bother about anything else ; we'll look after you , " as the shaking hand passed out the empty basin and he whis ...
... later for a bowl of hot soup and twenty grains of quinine , both watched to destination , and , " Now then , don't you bother about anything else ; we'll look after you , " as the shaking hand passed out the empty basin and he whis ...
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... later . aggressive snake is only pos- The day came , and Grant emerged to find a considerable line of junglis squatting in the clearing near the main guard , each with the biggest thing in cobras he could lay his hands on . There must ...
... later . aggressive snake is only pos- The day came , and Grant emerged to find a considerable line of junglis squatting in the clearing near the main guard , each with the biggest thing in cobras he could lay his hands on . There must ...
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... later . He had a genius for wrapping up the minimum of information in the maximum of verbiage . His statements , as long as his family tree , had as many collaterals . It seemed impossible for him to keep to the point for long , and a ...
... later . He had a genius for wrapping up the minimum of information in the maximum of verbiage . His statements , as long as his family tree , had as many collaterals . It seemed impossible for him to keep to the point for long , and a ...
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