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... perhaps the seat of war , and in which British interests are vitally concerned . Cutch forms the last province of India on the frontier towards Persia , and one of the outposts of our Indian empire . It lies between the sixty - eighth ...
... perhaps the seat of war , and in which British interests are vitally concerned . Cutch forms the last province of India on the frontier towards Persia , and one of the outposts of our Indian empire . It lies between the sixty - eighth ...
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... perhaps , in the case of a long - cherished feud between families which affects the interests of the community ; and then they induce the man whose turn it is to retaliate , to accept the price of blood . * * " Moollâ Mohummud , our ...
... perhaps , in the case of a long - cherished feud between families which affects the interests of the community ; and then they induce the man whose turn it is to retaliate , to accept the price of blood . * * " Moollâ Mohummud , our ...
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... perhaps the happiest moment of his life , shot him dead . " Captain Westmacott , in his pamphlet , takes a comprehensive view of the condition , relations , and prospects , not only of the various provinces of British India , but of ...
... perhaps the happiest moment of his life , shot him dead . " Captain Westmacott , in his pamphlet , takes a comprehensive view of the condition , relations , and prospects , not only of the various provinces of British India , but of ...
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... perhaps in no other of his several works do they figure more prominently than in the tale immediately under review , let us ask if he be an originalist that will or should be fol- lowed ? Has his genius cast itself into a shape that ...
... perhaps in no other of his several works do they figure more prominently than in the tale immediately under review , let us ask if he be an originalist that will or should be fol- lowed ? Has his genius cast itself into a shape that ...
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... perhaps , his know- ledge so much depends upon actual observation and experience , that he cannot communicate it . In like manner , a trader may obtain a superior knowledge of business , and of the facts on which it depends , by a close ...
... perhaps , his know- ledge so much depends upon actual observation and experience , that he cannot communicate it . In like manner , a trader may obtain a superior knowledge of business , and of the facts on which it depends , by a close ...
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