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... Persia in 1876. By Arthur Arnold · The Drama . By Walter Herries Pollock 1 • 27 · 54 • 78 On our Present System of Elementary Education . By Sir John Lubbock , Bart . , M.P. On the Revision of the English New Testament . By the Rev ...
... Persia in 1876. By Arthur Arnold · The Drama . By Walter Herries Pollock 1 • 27 · 54 • 78 On our Present System of Elementary Education . By Sir John Lubbock , Bart . , M.P. On the Revision of the English New Testament . By the Rev ...
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... , force ; sensible that it may wear in some eyes the appearance of an attempt to describe the field , and the eve , of the Battle of Armageddon . W. E. GLADSTONE . PERSIA IN 1876 . " H ' ERE we have 26 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
... , force ; sensible that it may wear in some eyes the appearance of an attempt to describe the field , and the eve , of the Battle of Armageddon . W. E. GLADSTONE . PERSIA IN 1876 . " H ' ERE we have 26 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
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PERSIA IN 1876 . " H ' ERE we have everything as from Nature , " said the eldest son of the Shah to the present writer ... Persian titles go . And how do the princes of Persia act up to this high calling ? They are reputed , by those who ...
PERSIA IN 1876 . " H ' ERE we have everything as from Nature , " said the eldest son of the Shah to the present writer ... Persian titles go . And how do the princes of Persia act up to this high calling ? They are reputed , by those who ...
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... Persian soldiers are fine in physique , though they look rather awkward in European hats , tunics , and trousers . But they are very deficient in drill , and the reason is obvious . No soldier comes to parade who can obtain work in the ...
... Persian soldiers are fine in physique , though they look rather awkward in European hats , tunics , and trousers . But they are very deficient in drill , and the reason is obvious . No soldier comes to parade who can obtain work in the ...
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... Persian dinner in Ispahan , our near neighbour was a khan who farmed the customs of all the south . Some of the company said that he had begun life as a robber , and that his greatest success in that line had been in connection with a ...
... Persian dinner in Ispahan , our near neighbour was a khan who farmed the customs of all the south . Some of the company said that he had begun life as a robber , and that his greatest success in that line had been in connection with a ...
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