The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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... chief elements of our future polity . There must be a recog- nition of the teachings of actual experiment , but especially of that greatest lesson - that disdain is the outcome and the sure sign of stupidity , that human nature is ...
... chief elements of our future polity . There must be a recog- nition of the teachings of actual experiment , but especially of that greatest lesson - that disdain is the outcome and the sure sign of stupidity , that human nature is ...
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... chief duties of the faithful . All the main railways of India have fallen well in line in regard to this pious circulation of the masses , and adapt their trains especially to the pilgrim traffic at the time of the annual festival . The ...
... chief duties of the faithful . All the main railways of India have fallen well in line in regard to this pious circulation of the masses , and adapt their trains especially to the pilgrim traffic at the time of the annual festival . The ...
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... chief and his nobles alone indicated rank and means . These were as often as not erected with a view to possible contingencies in the way of attacks or sieges , and are imposing , but not sightly . Round them clustered the town . The ...
... chief and his nobles alone indicated rank and means . These were as often as not erected with a view to possible contingencies in the way of attacks or sieges , and are imposing , but not sightly . Round them clustered the town . The ...
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... chief object of reservation throughout the greater part of the country should be the preservation of pasture , small timber , fuel , and leaves for manure or litter ; or , in other words , the preservation of fuel and fodder reserves to ...
... chief object of reservation throughout the greater part of the country should be the preservation of pasture , small timber , fuel , and leaves for manure or litter ; or , in other words , the preservation of fuel and fodder reserves to ...
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... chief of India , the local commanders - in - chief are no longer members of Council , and the Military Secretary to Government has been dispensed with . From October to April the seat of the Government is in Madras ; but as the hot ...
... chief of India , the local commanders - in - chief are no longer members of Council , and the Military Secretary to Government has been dispensed with . From October to April the seat of the Government is in Madras ; but as the hot ...
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