'Up the Country': Letters Written to Her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1866 - India |
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... side , B. and the aides - de - camp act Kurruck Singh , and have to go backwards and forwards fifteen miles on their elephants . So now , if ever we are living in St. John's Wood , and you ask me to dinner in Gros- venor Place , I shall ...
... side , B. and the aides - de - camp act Kurruck Singh , and have to go backwards and forwards fifteen miles on their elephants . So now , if ever we are living in St. John's Wood , and you ask me to dinner in Gros- venor Place , I shall ...
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... side of me , to ask if it would be wrong to step out of the house to 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 ...
... side of me , to ask if it would be wrong to step out of the house to 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 ...
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... side of the river . Wednesday , Dec. 19th . We marched yesterday from Umritzir , and are to make four marches to Lahore . The maids were quite delighted with an ad- venture they had in the morning's march . Several mounted soldiers ...
... side of the river . Wednesday , Dec. 19th . We marched yesterday from Umritzir , and are to make four marches to Lahore . The maids were quite delighted with an ad- venture they had in the morning's march . Several mounted soldiers ...
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... side view of the fireworks , and my chair was put next to Runjeet's in the middle of the arch with no ledge to the floor and my back to the garden . I moved off , on pretence that I could see nothing , but he sent for me back again ...
... side view of the fireworks , and my chair was put next to Runjeet's in the middle of the arch with no ledge to the floor and my back to the garden . I moved off , on pretence that I could see nothing , but he sent for me back again ...
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... side , but they said he found it out , and begged I might not be interrupted . One of his native painters was sketching G. , and if my drawing looked as odd to him , as his did to me , he must have formed a mean idea of the arts in ...
... side , but they said he found it out , and begged I might not be interrupted . One of his native painters was sketching G. , and if my drawing looked as odd to him , as his did to me , he must have formed a mean idea of the arts in ...
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afternoon Agra aides-de-camp amusing arrived asked Author Baboo ball beautiful BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY brought BURLINGTON STREET Calcutta camel camp Captain carriage Cashmere Colonel Crown 8vo dāk dancing dear Delhi diamond dinner dress durbar East Lynne Edition elephant English fancy Fcap fetch fever four Friday gave gentlemen gold Gwalior handsome Hindu horses howdah Illustrations India jemadar Kurnaul Kurruck Singh ladies Lahore last night letters live look Lord luckily Maharajah miles Miss Monday morning native never NOVEL palanquin pearls Pertāb pleasant poor PORTRAIT Post 8vo pretty PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY Rajah RICHARD BENTLEY ride road Runjeet rupees Saturday sent sepoys servants shawls Shere Singh Sikhs silver chairs Simla sirdars sketch sort Sunday suppose tents thing thought Thursday to-day to-morrow took Tuesday vols walk Wednesday Wright WYLDER'S HAND yesterday
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