Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... passed , in due course , into the sixth form . In August of that year Dr. Raine died ; and so strong was Havelock's esteem for him as a scholar , and his affection for him as a man , that the place seemed to have lost its chief ...
... passed , in due course , into the sixth form . In August of that year Dr. Raine died ; and so strong was Havelock's esteem for him as a scholar , and his affection for him as a man , that the place seemed to have lost its chief ...
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... passing on one occasion round the temple , he heard the sound of distant psalmody , and threading his way through the passages to the spot from which it proceeded , found himself in a small side chapel , with little images of Boodha in ...
... passing on one occasion round the temple , he heard the sound of distant psalmody , and threading his way through the passages to the spot from which it proceeded , found himself in a small side chapel , with little images of Boodha in ...
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... passed several weeks with his brother William , then in the 4th Dragoons . Regular ex- ercise , vacation of mind , and the society of one dear to him , combined with skilful medical treatment , repaired the ravages made by toil ...
... passed several weeks with his brother William , then in the 4th Dragoons . Regular ex- ercise , vacation of mind , and the society of one dear to him , combined with skilful medical treatment , repaired the ravages made by toil ...
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... passed Council ; but the strong remon- strances of Lord Dalhousie , and perhaps a sense of the real injustice and impolicy of the measure , appear to have made the Vice - President pause before he carried it into effect . My own opinion ...
... passed Council ; but the strong remon- strances of Lord Dalhousie , and perhaps a sense of the real injustice and impolicy of the measure , appear to have made the Vice - President pause before he carried it into effect . My own opinion ...
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... passed through many scenes of suffering and danger , attaches itself to these little ones in their years of helplessness . My clumsy attempts were certainly blessed beyond our hope , for the little sufferer soon became calmer and calmer ...
... passed through many scenes of suffering and danger , attaches itself to these little ones in their years of helplessness . My clumsy attempts were certainly blessed beyond our hope , for the little sufferer soon became calmer and calmer ...
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