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... direct opposite : it runs along the top of a bank , which slopes away very gradually on both sides ; and , what's more , it piles up its own bank . Experience teaches us that a river is fed by streams , that is , that the streams flow ...
... direct opposite : it runs along the top of a bank , which slopes away very gradually on both sides ; and , what's more , it piles up its own bank . Experience teaches us that a river is fed by streams , that is , that the streams flow ...
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... direct from Government . He is a peasant proprietor , for , subject to paying an annual rent to Government , he is the proprietor ; he cannot be turned out of his holding so long as he pays the rent , but he has the right to sell it ...
... direct from Government . He is a peasant proprietor , for , subject to paying an annual rent to Government , he is the proprietor ; he cannot be turned out of his holding so long as he pays the rent , but he has the right to sell it ...
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... direct British rule , but there are some small States under tributary chiefs . It will appear from what has been stated , that when we speak of Bengal - of the province under the rule of the Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal - we really ...
... direct British rule , but there are some small States under tributary chiefs . It will appear from what has been stated , that when we speak of Bengal - of the province under the rule of the Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal - we really ...
Page 112
... direct government of India . The present writer re- collects the darbar which he attended in a district town in Bengal ; thousands of men welcomed the message that the great Queen had assumed the govern- ment of the country , and ...
... direct government of India . The present writer re- collects the darbar which he attended in a district town in Bengal ; thousands of men welcomed the message that the great Queen had assumed the govern- ment of the country , and ...
Page 141
... direct British administration , and was attached to the Government of Bengal . The northern or Brahmaputra valley was of sufficient importance to form a local division of administration , called Assam , from the native state of that ...
... direct British administration , and was attached to the Government of Bengal . The northern or Brahmaputra valley was of sufficient importance to form a local division of administration , called Assam , from the native state of that ...
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