Tropical Sketches, Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Volume 2Asian Educational Services, 2005 On his travel to Sri Lanka, Egypt, India, South Africa, the Red Sea, England, and other places. |
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Page 78
... reader- well , it is , at all events , quite true ; without a single principle to guide him aright , without any higher motive than his own interest to in- fluence his actions , the youth steps forth from his " college " to be a ...
... reader- well , it is , at all events , quite true ; without a single principle to guide him aright , without any higher motive than his own interest to in- fluence his actions , the youth steps forth from his " college " to be a ...
Page 154
... reader some further informa- tion respecting the group of three islands called generally after the Portuguese admiral who discovered them in 1506 , and of which the largest ( not fifteen miles in circumference , as the Edinburgh ...
... reader some further informa- tion respecting the group of three islands called generally after the Portuguese admiral who discovered them in 1506 , and of which the largest ( not fifteen miles in circumference , as the Edinburgh ...
Page 189
... reader with me - to a church - yard . Be- lieve me , kind reader , we shall see much that is note - worthy at this early hour , as we cross the maidaun and make our way towards the road that skirts the river and separates it from the ...
... reader with me - to a church - yard . Be- lieve me , kind reader , we shall see much that is note - worthy at this early hour , as we cross the maidaun and make our way towards the road that skirts the river and separates it from the ...
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Tropical Sketches: Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Volume 2 William Knighton, Sir No preview available - 2016 |
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