'Up the Country': Letters Written to Her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1866 - India |
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... gave us some fine shawls . I think , mine was scarlet and gold , but the Company's baboo twisted it up in such haste that I did not see it well . very When all this was over , Runjeet took us up to a sort of balcony he has in one corner ...
... gave us some fine shawls . I think , mine was scarlet and gold , but the Company's baboo twisted it up in such haste that I did not see it well . very When all this was over , Runjeet took us up to a sort of balcony he has in one corner ...
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... gave him a diamond ring , which seemed to delight him . In the evening we went to a garden half a mile off , where Runjeet is living , and where he was going to give us an evening fête . He had had the house actually built on purpose ...
... gave him a diamond ring , which seemed to delight him . In the evening we went to a garden half a mile off , where Runjeet is living , and where he was going to give us an evening fête . He had had the house actually built on purpose ...
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... deposited two broiled quails , an apple , a pear , a great lump of sweetmeat , and some pomegranate - seeds , which Runjeet gave me with his dirty fingers into my hand , which , of c 2 UP THE COUNTRY . 11 C. softened in the translation. ...
... deposited two broiled quails , an apple , a pear , a great lump of sweetmeat , and some pomegranate - seeds , which Runjeet gave me with his dirty fingers into my hand , which , of c 2 UP THE COUNTRY . 11 C. softened in the translation. ...
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... gave me the presents which were due , as I had never been at one of his parties before . They were very handsome ; the best row of pearls we have had in this journey , with a very good eme- rald between every ten pearls ; a magnificent ...
... gave me the presents which were due , as I had never been at one of his parties before . They were very handsome ; the best row of pearls we have had in this journey , with a very good eme- rald between every ten pearls ; a magnificent ...
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... gave us a party in the Shalimar gardens , which were illuminated in every direction . The party was like all the others , except that it was less crowded , and there was an introduction of Afghans . The brother of our enemy Dost Mahomed ...
... gave us a party in the Shalimar gardens , which were illuminated in every direction . The party was like all the others , except that it was less crowded , and there was an introduction of Afghans . The brother of our enemy Dost Mahomed ...
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