Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186W. Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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Page 45
... 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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... carried no precise sig- nificance to her mind , so the expression " as the crow flies had no real meaning to him ; and another expression with a crow " in it came with equal readiness to his lips . More- over , the line between the cor ...
... carried no precise sig- nificance to her mind , so the expression " as the crow flies had no real meaning to him ; and another expression with a crow " in it came with equal readiness to his lips . More- over , the line between the cor ...
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... carried a lady threats . a lady threats . Sparkes would have of the imperial family who done better to leave the boy was on pilgrimage to Mecca alone , for in October 1697 with her suite , and a grand Middleton played him a re- booty of ...
... carried a lady threats . a lady threats . Sparkes would have of the imperial family who done better to leave the boy was on pilgrimage to Mecca alone , for in October 1697 with her suite , and a grand Middleton played him a re- booty of ...
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... carrying his luggage in one of her state - rooms , swept past them on the rim of the southern horizon on their third ... carried by the Orinoco lay close by them . She was swung inboard and rested on deck - chocks below the davits . A ...
... carrying his luggage in one of her state - rooms , swept past them on the rim of the southern horizon on their third ... carried by the Orinoco lay close by them . She was swung inboard and rested on deck - chocks below the davits . A ...
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... carried about with it in waggons , the commando fell in with a few scattered adversaries one after- noon , hunted them with zest into a broken , hilly tract , and halted in the evening in antici- pation of an advance at dawn . But ...
... carried about with it in waggons , the commando fell in with a few scattered adversaries one after- noon , hunted them with zest into a broken , hilly tract , and halted in the evening in antici- pation of an advance at dawn . But ...
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