Calcutta Review, Volume 32University of Calcutta, 1859 |
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... look at it as the stronghold of gigantic and destructive Sauri- ans , voracious sharks and peculiar fish ; whether as a tract of country of the most beautiful aspect , but at the same time most fatally pestilential ; we must still view ...
... look at it as the stronghold of gigantic and destructive Sauri- ans , voracious sharks and peculiar fish ; whether as a tract of country of the most beautiful aspect , but at the same time most fatally pestilential ; we must still view ...
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... look out for this much dreaded wave . This cry is the signal for all sorts of craft to push out into the centre of the river , the only spot where the wave does not curl over and break . Should any boat or larger craft be caught in that ...
... look out for this much dreaded wave . This cry is the signal for all sorts of craft to push out into the centre of the river , the only spot where the wave does not curl over and break . Should any boat or larger craft be caught in that ...
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... look , but even disturbs during its duration the features of the countenance , twisting the eye- balls out of position . The second or third day of the headache induces a fearful delirium lasting from five to seven whole days and nights ...
... look , but even disturbs during its duration the features of the countenance , twisting the eye- balls out of position . The second or third day of the headache induces a fearful delirium lasting from five to seven whole days and nights ...
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... look for boats in distress , that have been separated from the regular fleets by stress of weather , and of course helpless against such a num- ber of men . " The description of the wild beasts as extracted from the Field books of the ...
... look for boats in distress , that have been separated from the regular fleets by stress of weather , and of course helpless against such a num- ber of men . " The description of the wild beasts as extracted from the Field books of the ...
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... look of Cawnpore - the vast city a deserted and blackened heap of ruins . Our hopes of seeing even one European to welcome us were vain - all , all , had perished . Here is Major North's description of the slaughter house . " Tor- tured ...
... look of Cawnpore - the vast city a deserted and blackened heap of ruins . Our hopes of seeing even one European to welcome us were vain - all , all , had perished . Here is Major North's description of the slaughter house . " Tor- tured ...
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