Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 254William Blackwood, 1943 - England |
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Page 94
... lives . Coaxing them back again was a task demanding all a white man's patience with the fear - stricken , exasperating , yet often invaluable coolie people , while inwardly girding at the waste of precious hours and days . 6 For ...
... lives . Coaxing them back again was a task demanding all a white man's patience with the fear - stricken , exasperating , yet often invaluable coolie people , while inwardly girding at the waste of precious hours and days . 6 For ...
Page 98
... lives of its people and banish the spectre of famine . Wells , cattle , crops , pasture , and fish - all in their degree - must have felt the benefit of a transformation not measurable in rupees , but in the renewed lives of men and ...
... lives of its people and banish the spectre of famine . Wells , cattle , crops , pasture , and fish - all in their degree - must have felt the benefit of a transformation not measurable in rupees , but in the renewed lives of men and ...
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... lives , so that he shoots in vain . Sometimes he thinks to raid the camp , but all he gains are smiles and civil words . There may be odours from the cooking - pot that suggest game , feathers in hats that remind him of lost birds , and ...
... lives , so that he shoots in vain . Sometimes he thinks to raid the camp , but all he gains are smiles and civil words . There may be odours from the cooking - pot that suggest game , feathers in hats that remind him of lost birds , and ...
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