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Page vii
... give a value to the letters which I wrote to you from India , by illustrating them with notes on the subjects they referred to , I have produced but a hybrid narrative , combining neither the freshness of the originals nor the ...
... give a value to the letters which I wrote to you from India , by illustrating them with notes on the subjects they referred to , I have produced but a hybrid narrative , combining neither the freshness of the originals nor the ...
Page 13
... give way . This morning , however , he had undertaken to be ready by eight . At a quarter past the butler reported " Pallonjee " ( they don't " Don " or Mister " their masters here ) still tired and in bed . Show me ( C to his room ...
... give way . This morning , however , he had undertaken to be ready by eight . At a quarter past the butler reported " Pallonjee " ( they don't " Don " or Mister " their masters here ) still tired and in bed . Show me ( C to his room ...
Page 15
... give no more satisfactory reply than " From a distance ; " but adds , " sometimes they break their eggs and have children . " Returning we passed a bungalow surrounded by a grove of trees . Over the entrance was a tablet , painted in ...
... give no more satisfactory reply than " From a distance ; " but adds , " sometimes they break their eggs and have children . " Returning we passed a bungalow surrounded by a grove of trees . Over the entrance was a tablet , painted in ...
Page 16
... give correctly , " the name of his or her father or grandfather . " Rule No. 6 , is one that would be approved by housekeepers nearer home : Persons residing in this Dhurmsala will be provided with meals at 6 A.M. , 12.30 , and 7 P.M. ...
... give correctly , " the name of his or her father or grandfather . " Rule No. 6 , is one that would be approved by housekeepers nearer home : Persons residing in this Dhurmsala will be provided with meals at 6 A.M. , 12.30 , and 7 P.M. ...
Page 19
... gives a quaint account of the paper currency of the great Khan of Kambalu , Kublai Khan , the Moghul monarch of Northern China , in 1260. Ibn Batuta refers to it in his " Travels , " though he gives no account of the copper coinage of ...
... gives a quaint account of the paper currency of the great Khan of Kambalu , Kublai Khan , the Moghul monarch of Northern China , in 1260. Ibn Batuta refers to it in his " Travels , " though he gives no account of the copper coinage of ...
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