The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian MutinySummary: Events at Agra & Muttra. |
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... seemed to have no end . When the troops had passed and were fairly ahead , we mounted our horses and followed . Captain Nixon and another officer took their seats with me in my carriage . Just as we were passing through the gates it ...
... seemed to have no end . When the troops had passed and were fairly ahead , we mounted our horses and followed . Captain Nixon and another officer took their seats with me in my carriage . Just as we were passing through the gates it ...
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... seemed he had been ill . The chief replied , expressing his gratifi- cation at the interest Captain Nixon took in his welfare , and his regret that his illness should have put us to the inconvenience of the delay . An interchange of ...
... seemed he had been ill . The chief replied , expressing his gratifi- cation at the interest Captain Nixon took in his welfare , and his regret that his illness should have put us to the inconvenience of the delay . An interchange of ...
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... seemed to have benefited by the change of masters , the horses looked uncared for , the men very untidy ; still they wore uniforms , rode in column , and maintained some vestiges of their former discipline . After them , but separated ...
... seemed to have benefited by the change of masters , the horses looked uncared for , the men very untidy ; still they wore uniforms , rode in column , and maintained some vestiges of their former discipline . After them , but separated ...
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... seemed incredible ; on making inquiry , I found it was untrue . There was plenty of water , but the troops were too lazy to draw it ; they wished the villagers to do so for them , which the villagers refused . It took me all the morning ...
... seemed incredible ; on making inquiry , I found it was untrue . There was plenty of water , but the troops were too lazy to draw it ; they wished the villagers to do so for them , which the villagers refused . It took me all the morning ...
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... seemed a vast castle of red stone . It was not really a castle , but a fortified cara- vanserai , one of the many erected by the ancient Mogul sovereigns , and which at intervals of about fifteen miles formerly lined all the great roads ...
... seemed a vast castle of red stone . It was not really a castle , but a fortified cara- vanserai , one of the many erected by the ancient Mogul sovereigns , and which at intervals of about fifteen miles formerly lined all the great roads ...
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