Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186W. Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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... known bad char- acter . Section 8 says that it is proposed that first appoint- ments as officers shall be given only to persons who have either been through the recruit- training or have held commis- sions in the Regular Army . This is ...
... known bad char- acter . Section 8 says that it is proposed that first appoint- ments as officers shall be given only to persons who have either been through the recruit- training or have held commis- sions in the Regular Army . This is ...
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... known reply of a Mahommedan servant who had been out with his master for a day's snipe - shooting , the result of which was a very meagre bag . He was asked whether his master had shot The reply evasive has its well . " Yes , " he ...
... known reply of a Mahommedan servant who had been out with his master for a day's snipe - shooting , the result of which was a very meagre bag . He was asked whether his master had shot The reply evasive has its well . " Yes , " he ...
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... known phrase was too much , as well it might be , for the gravity of even that sedate assembly , and when later in the day the legal member of Government incau- tiously made , or very nearly made , the same mistake , in the course of ...
... known phrase was too much , as well it might be , for the gravity of even that sedate assembly , and when later in the day the legal member of Government incau- tiously made , or very nearly made , the same mistake , in the course of ...
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... known London firm bête noire in the matter , was mak- ing exactly the same kind of mistake as the native of India who said that Bangalore was forty miles away as the cock crows . As the phrase carte blanche carried no precise sig ...
... known London firm bête noire in the matter , was mak- ing exactly the same kind of mistake as the native of India who said that Bangalore was forty miles away as the cock crows . As the phrase carte blanche carried no precise sig ...
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... known London manufacturer , and later I learnt that these candles had been for some years a distinctive feature of the parting presents given by the Jam to his visitors and guests . Why this particular product of the West should have ...
... known London manufacturer , and later I learnt that these candles had been for some years a distinctive feature of the parting presents given by the Jam to his visitors and guests . Why this particular product of the West should have ...
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