The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 - Electronic journals |
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Page 38
... native cliffs . Many years ago some one gave the writer a little miniature of Mrs. Hemans , by the help of which it is still quite possible to conjure up an outward semblance , and to put a shape to one's impression of the impulsive ...
... native cliffs . Many years ago some one gave the writer a little miniature of Mrs. Hemans , by the help of which it is still quite possible to conjure up an outward semblance , and to put a shape to one's impression of the impulsive ...
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... native wine , fowls , eggs , & c . , were piled up near my doorway as our provisions . According to African etiquette some little time is allowed the stranger to refresh and rest himself before being summoned to the presence of the king ...
... native wine , fowls , eggs , & c . , were piled up near my doorway as our provisions . According to African etiquette some little time is allowed the stranger to refresh and rest himself before being summoned to the presence of the king ...
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... native and an expert in Arabic caligraphy , we had the man who could write out the law of Moses and the Lord's Prayer . We also found that Robert , one of my boat boys , could translate my English description of the last scene at ...
... native and an expert in Arabic caligraphy , we had the man who could write out the law of Moses and the Lord's Prayer . We also found that Robert , one of my boat boys , could translate my English description of the last scene at ...
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... native pronunciation of my name ) and say to the white people that I am like a child sitting in darkness , and cannot see until I am taught the right way . ' I gladly consented , and on April 14 , 1875 , I made two copies of an appeal ...
... native pronunciation of my name ) and say to the white people that I am like a child sitting in darkness , and cannot see until I am taught the right way . ' I gladly consented , and on April 14 , 1875 , I made two copies of an appeal ...
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... Native Infantry - tall men , erect and soldierly , and nearly all high - caste Brahmins - is drawn up in regular order . Behind it chatters and sways and eddies a confused mass of Sepoys , in all stages of dress and undress ; some armed ...
... Native Infantry - tall men , erect and soldierly , and nearly all high - caste Brahmins - is drawn up in regular order . Behind it chatters and sways and eddies a confused mass of Sepoys , in all stages of dress and undress ; some armed ...
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