Plain Tales from the RajCharles Allen |
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... John Morris ' Gurkha reg- iment , newly returned from the war , had no MAJOR COLES Stewards of the Meeting . His Excellency The Hon'ble Sir Arthur Hope , a.c.1.E. , M.C Officials of the Meeting Judge E. Hayward , Esq . Starter Col ...
... John Morris ' Gurkha reg- iment , newly returned from the war , had no MAJOR COLES Stewards of the Meeting . His Excellency The Hon'ble Sir Arthur Hope , a.c.1.E. , M.C Officials of the Meeting Judge E. Hayward , Esq . Starter Col ...
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... John Morris , ' on a horse which was lent to me by someone I'd never met in my life . While we were waiting in a sort of thicket for the pigs to break out the Master saw me on this rather restive white horse and shouted at me in a ...
... John Morris , ' on a horse which was lent to me by someone I'd never met in my life . While we were waiting in a sort of thicket for the pigs to break out the Master saw me on this rather restive white horse and shouted at me in a ...
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... John Morris , one of the fiercest critics of the moral codes of the Raj . It is an assertion that few have challenged - except in degree - and a great many have confirmed . ' It never entered my mind that lowness of pay or lack of cash ...
... John Morris , one of the fiercest critics of the moral codes of the Raj . It is an assertion that few have challenged - except in degree - and a great many have confirmed . ' It never entered my mind that lowness of pay or lack of cash ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 6 |
THE SHRINE OF THE BABALOG | 9 |
THE TOMB OF HIS ANCESTORS | 23 |
Copyright | |
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