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... it , I was asked by the perfidious planter whether that beast of his had carried me well . He had the effrontery to ask me this with an air of seraphic joy and artlessness ; and when I endeavoured , out DAYS OF GRIFFINAGE . 9.
... it , I was asked by the perfidious planter whether that beast of his had carried me well . He had the effrontery to ask me this with an air of seraphic joy and artlessness ; and when I endeavoured , out DAYS OF GRIFFINAGE . 9.
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... carry them ; but William Bracken made an annual expedition into the tiger country along the Ganges between Bhagulpore and Maldah , and there spent a month in the pursuit of big game . That was the month of the twelve for him , and for ...
... carry them ; but William Bracken made an annual expedition into the tiger country along the Ganges between Bhagulpore and Maldah , and there spent a month in the pursuit of big game . That was the month of the twelve for him , and for ...
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... carrying their white sheets from stem to stern and from deck to topgallant yards , and gliding majestically over the ... carried away . I made a desperate effort to continue shooting when the flow of blood was stayed and the mutilated ...
... carrying their white sheets from stem to stern and from deck to topgallant yards , and gliding majestically over the ... carried away . I made a desperate effort to continue shooting when the flow of blood was stayed and the mutilated ...
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... carried our host in his palanquin to the ghat , some two furlongs off , where his boat was moored- an agonising exploit for our unpractised shoulders and shouted ourselves hoarse until the founder of the feast was carried down the ...
... carried our host in his palanquin to the ghat , some two furlongs off , where his boat was moored- an agonising exploit for our unpractised shoulders and shouted ourselves hoarse until the founder of the feast was carried down the ...
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... carried half - a- dozen darts that they threw at the foe as they advanced , and a shield and a longer dart that were retained for defensive purposes only ; and phinghi wallahs , who used the simple weapon with which David slew Goliath ...
... carried half - a- dozen darts that they threw at the foe as they advanced , and a shield and a longer dart that were retained for defensive purposes only ; and phinghi wallahs , who used the simple weapon with which David slew Goliath ...
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