'Up the Country': Letters Written to Her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1866 - India |
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... look at these gorgeous people , as I had missed all the other opportu- nities of seeing them ; and the old Maharajah did not wait to have the question explained - he delights to show off his soldiers . He jumped up , and took hold of my ...
... look at these gorgeous people , as I had missed all the other opportu- nities of seeing them ; and the old Maharajah did not wait to have the question explained - he delights to show off his soldiers . He jumped up , and took hold of my ...
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... look at his fort of Go- vindghur , in which he keeps all his treasures ; and it is certain that whoever gets hold of Govindghur at his death will also get hold of his kingdom . He never allows anybody to enter it , and E. says , that in ...
... look at his fort of Go- vindghur , in which he keeps all his treasures ; and it is certain that whoever gets hold of Govindghur at his death will also get hold of his kingdom . He never allows anybody to enter it , and E. says , that in ...
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... look at her . Then she told them , that she had never seen any white women before , and that they must come to her tent . An hour after breakfast one of her guards arrived and carried off the hirkaru who had been with the maids , and ...
... look at her . Then she told them , that she had never seen any white women before , and that they must come to her tent . An hour after breakfast one of her guards arrived and carried off the hirkaru who had been with the maids , and ...
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... look at everything there . I believe nothing can equal the shock it is to the Sikhs in general to see F. and me going about in this way . They come in crowds to ask for an explanation from the native servants . It is unpleasant being ...
... look at everything there . I believe nothing can equal the shock it is to the Sikhs in general to see F. and me going about in this way . They come in crowds to ask for an explanation from the native servants . It is unpleasant being ...
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... look about him , with only an aide - de - camp . Deluded creature ! Inexperienced traveller ! The instant he got on his elephants , bang went a gun . Shere Singh and Lehna Singh with their trains appeared , a troop of Sikhs wheeled up ...
... look about him , with only an aide - de - camp . Deluded creature ! Inexperienced traveller ! The instant he got on his elephants , bang went a gun . Shere Singh and Lehna Singh with their trains appeared , a troop of Sikhs wheeled up ...
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