The Englishman in IndiaLongmans, Green, 1867 - 351 páginas |
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... month of May - a month , as we all know , full of sweet sounds , pleasant sights , and budding joys in England , but in the plains of India a season of heat , glare , and dust , when the earth is baked , and the air on fire . Instead of ...
... month of May - a month , as we all know , full of sweet sounds , pleasant sights , and budding joys in England , but in the plains of India a season of heat , glare , and dust , when the earth is baked , and the air on fire . Instead of ...
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... months of hard study , Mildenhall learned how to tell his own tale in the Persian tongue , and obtained some favours from the Mogul . On his way home through Persia , carrying the royal commission with him , he was still in fear of some ...
... months of hard study , Mildenhall learned how to tell his own tale in the Persian tongue , and obtained some favours from the Mogul . On his way home through Persia , carrying the royal commission with him , he was still in fear of some ...
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... months together , in the king's presence , and following the royal progress to Lahore , and other distant cities , Hawkins determined to return home . The Jesuits had ' toyes ' in abundance to give to the king ; Hawkins had none , and ...
... months together , in the king's presence , and following the royal progress to Lahore , and other distant cities , Hawkins determined to return home . The Jesuits had ' toyes ' in abundance to give to the king ; Hawkins had none , and ...
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... months he was to found , already floated before his eyes . The Star of France shone bright , whilst the fortunes of the English in India were humbled and depressed . Yet amongst those travel - stained sun - burnt English soldiers , who ...
... months he was to found , already floated before his eyes . The Star of France shone bright , whilst the fortunes of the English in India were humbled and depressed . Yet amongst those travel - stained sun - burnt English soldiers , who ...
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... months , and was proclaimed once again Soobadar of the Deccan . The head of his uncle was produced as a confirmation of his title , and paraded on the point of a lance through the confederate camp . The young man who had that morning ...
... months , and was proclaimed once again Soobadar of the Deccan . The head of his uncle was produced as a confirmation of his title , and paraded on the point of a lance through the confederate camp . The young man who had that morning ...
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