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... side , as though they were moving on our flanks in order to cut off any straggler who might drop astern . I never saw bearers go more expeditiously , or in more compact order , every man fearing to be the last in the cavalcade . * A ...
... side , as though they were moving on our flanks in order to cut off any straggler who might drop astern . I never saw bearers go more expeditiously , or in more compact order , every man fearing to be the last in the cavalcade . * A ...
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... side by side , con- versed courteously from their lofty seats ; add to this the wild , fierce , and disorderly array of the Lucknow cavalry , compared with the disciplined regularity of our own escort ; the discordant clashing of the ...
... side by side , con- versed courteously from their lofty seats ; add to this the wild , fierce , and disorderly array of the Lucknow cavalry , compared with the disciplined regularity of our own escort ; the discordant clashing of the ...
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... side , are not suffered to retain what is presented to them ; the British Residents taking a list of the articles , and all being sold on the account of the government . Thus it may frequently occur that the native potentates receive ...
... side , are not suffered to retain what is presented to them ; the British Residents taking a list of the articles , and all being sold on the account of the government . Thus it may frequently occur that the native potentates receive ...
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... side of me made several courteous and polite attempts to draw me into con- versation during the few and far - between intervals granted us by the nauch - women , and they listened with more than French urbanity to my bad Hindostanee ...
... side of me made several courteous and polite attempts to draw me into con- versation during the few and far - between intervals granted us by the nauch - women , and they listened with more than French urbanity to my bad Hindostanee ...
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... sides of the plain . As they approached , their speed gradually in- creased , and they at length met with a grand shock , en- twining their trunks , and pushing , until one , finding himself overmatched , fairly turned tail , and ...
... sides of the plain . As they approached , their speed gradually in- creased , and they at length met with a grand shock , en- twining their trunks , and pushing , until one , finding himself overmatched , fairly turned tail , and ...
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