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... lives , but above all , I think , of the lives of Britons in India . There are some who think that these dreams of home and country - to many all of home and country they are destined to possess in this life— should be laid aside by a ...
... lives , but above all , I think , of the lives of Britons in India . There are some who think that these dreams of home and country - to many all of home and country they are destined to possess in this life— should be laid aside by a ...
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... people of the land I live among are the Bengalis . There are Bengalis - all honour to them - who are in advance of their fellows , but so few are our opportunities of testing IF THERE WERE A MUTINY . 23 them to the 22 HOME DREAMS .
... people of the land I live among are the Bengalis . There are Bengalis - all honour to them - who are in advance of their fellows , but so few are our opportunities of testing IF THERE WERE A MUTINY . 23 them to the 22 HOME DREAMS .
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... lives in rooms built on the European pattern , eats European food , and sits down to meals with Christians . Some of these , when they return to India , retain European ways , but many of them do not ; and the vast mass of the THE ...
... lives in rooms built on the European pattern , eats European food , and sits down to meals with Christians . Some of these , when they return to India , retain European ways , but many of them do not ; and the vast mass of the THE ...
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... live in the bazar ; so the house is not taken over , the native ideas of a dwelling - house varying considerably from the European . Then the native would prob- ably not care for the furniture , and that would have either to be sold at ...
... live in the bazar ; so the house is not taken over , the native ideas of a dwelling - house varying considerably from the European . Then the native would prob- ably not care for the furniture , and that would have either to be sold at ...
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... live more nearly up to the perfect standard it held up for me . These , then , are the four great dreams that I brought with me from home - love of home , love of country , race pride , and religion . A FLEETING LIFE A FLEETING LIFE ...
... live more nearly up to the perfect standard it held up for me . These , then , are the four great dreams that I brought with me from home - love of home , love of country , race pride , and religion . A FLEETING LIFE A FLEETING LIFE ...
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