Recollections of Forty Years' ServiceW. Blackwood and sons, 1903 - 386 sider |
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... gave me to lecture or do anything which might be useful to the Service , I considered I ought to try what I could do as an author . ' Recollections of Forty Years ' Service ' is the result . I now venture to present the book to the ...
... gave me to lecture or do anything which might be useful to the Service , I considered I ought to try what I could do as an author . ' Recollections of Forty Years ' Service ' is the result . I now venture to present the book to the ...
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... gave me leave to run up to Dublin . Arrived there , I found the tradesman's shop shut . The bank had long been closed , but by great good luck I suddenly came across the man and made him return the cheque , which he no doubt intended to ...
... gave me leave to run up to Dublin . Arrived there , I found the tradesman's shop shut . The bank had long been closed , but by great good luck I suddenly came across the man and made him return the cheque , which he no doubt intended to ...
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... gave no trouble to the red- tape finance department officials of the Madras Presi- dency , to whom the fate of four subalterns not on their pay - list was a matter of supreme indifference . Their conduct was reported to the home ...
... gave no trouble to the red- tape finance department officials of the Madras Presi- dency , to whom the fate of four subalterns not on their pay - list was a matter of supreme indifference . Their conduct was reported to the home ...
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... on their own government under the sanction of the allied com- missioners , who lived in a large yamun in the centre of the city . The extent of this Chinese official resi- dence may be estimated when I mention that it gave.
... on their own government under the sanction of the allied com- missioners , who lived in a large yamun in the centre of the city . The extent of this Chinese official resi- dence may be estimated when I mention that it gave.
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Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch. dence may be estimated when I mention that it gave spacious barrack accommodation to a whole battalion of marines , besides the French guard and many officials . The enclosing wall was loopholed , and the ...
Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch. dence may be estimated when I mention that it gave spacious barrack accommodation to a whole battalion of marines , besides the French guard and many officials . The enclosing wall was loopholed , and the ...
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