Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186William Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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... carrying a heavy sword in the other . Before we charged the battery the brute ran away with me twice ; how- ever I managed to bring him round to the regiment again , the third time ; when the word ' About ' was extreme right of our line ...
... carrying a heavy sword in the other . Before we charged the battery the brute ran away with me twice ; how- ever I managed to bring him round to the regiment again , the third time ; when the word ' About ' was extreme right of our line ...
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... carrying out the duty were conferred on these bodies . The metropolis itself has had remarkable illustra- tions of the helplessness of these Associations to carry out re- cruiting duties without powers , for it has seen the Lord Mayor ...
... carrying out the duty were conferred on these bodies . The metropolis itself has had remarkable illustra- tions of the helplessness of these Associations to carry out re- cruiting duties without powers , for it has seen the Lord Mayor ...
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... carried out in France , he said : " But , say some , the Garde Nationale Mobile may be trained during war ; to which it is only requisite to say , How if the war be of short duration , if France is smitten with sudden disaster at the ...
... carried out in France , he said : " But , say some , the Garde Nationale Mobile may be trained during war ; to which it is only requisite to say , How if the war be of short duration , if France is smitten with sudden disaster at the ...
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... carried out . Undoubtedly it will be best if the recruits are allowed to commence their training at different periods of the year , for trades and manufactures , as well as agri- cultural operations , have their slack and their busy ...
... carried out . Undoubtedly it will be best if the recruits are allowed to commence their training at different periods of the year , for trades and manufactures , as well as agri- cultural operations , have their slack and their busy ...
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... carried on in that language , and it is these men who are responsible for the comical blunders of which one hears , and have created what is popularly known as Babu English . The word Babu , in its proper meaning , is a title used in ...
... carried on in that language , and it is these men who are responsible for the comical blunders of which one hears , and have created what is popularly known as Babu English . The word Babu , in its proper meaning , is a title used in ...
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