Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 230William Blackwood, 1931 - England |
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Page 54
... door was opened . Our host met us in a small courtyard and opened a door leading into a room with a mud floor , feebly illuminated by a chirak , a primitive little oil - lamp of the same design as those of ancient Greece and Egypt . Not ...
... door was opened . Our host met us in a small courtyard and opened a door leading into a room with a mud floor , feebly illuminated by a chirak , a primitive little oil - lamp of the same design as those of ancient Greece and Egypt . Not ...
Page 202
... door and put the key in his pocket . I lay down on a bundle of lucerne and slept the sleep of Of course you don't know me , " he answered , " but I know you . I am a nephew of Said- Akram , whom you know well . " My new friend insisted ...
... door and put the key in his pocket . I lay down on a bundle of lucerne and slept the sleep of Of course you don't know me , " he answered , " but I know you . I am a nephew of Said- Akram , whom you know well . " My new friend insisted ...
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... door in the pali- sade , and , as there was no answer to to our demand for admission , it did not detain us long . I sent my interpreter round the other huts to call upon their inmates to sur- render , while with the O.C. I turned at ...
... door in the pali- sade , and , as there was no answer to to our demand for admission , it did not detain us long . I sent my interpreter round the other huts to call upon their inmates to sur- render , while with the O.C. I turned at ...
Contents
A BOOKISH GOSSIP AROUND GEORGE SAINTSBURY BY R | 126 |
ADOWN THE TIGRIS I WAS BORNE BY SHALIMAR | 141 |
AN OVERLOADED ASS BY THE HON SIR JOHN FORTESCUE | 292 |
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