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Pagina 21
... remained behind , in the Dholka Purgunnah , where the various native systems of revenue management still luxuriate , that the new revenue survey and assessment has com- menced its operations , and fairly grappled with the greatest ...
... remained behind , in the Dholka Purgunnah , where the various native systems of revenue management still luxuriate , that the new revenue survey and assessment has com- menced its operations , and fairly grappled with the greatest ...
Pagina 90
... remained with their successors when they had obtained new settlements in India . As might have been expected then , the little Báber had no sooner put his hand upon his crown , than it was nearly wrested from his grasp . The ...
... remained with their successors when they had obtained new settlements in India . As might have been expected then , the little Báber had no sooner put his hand upon his crown , than it was nearly wrested from his grasp . The ...
Pagina 97
... remained with him . A little further , and the faithful friend falling behind , Báber was left alone . Still were his enemies on his track . Before him , at a distance of two miles , was a rocky hill . If he could gain that he would ...
... remained with him . A little further , and the faithful friend falling behind , Báber was left alone . Still were his enemies on his track . Before him , at a distance of two miles , was a rocky hill . If he could gain that he would ...
Pagina 100
... and reign as joint kings . Báber having been requested by the old king before his death hastened to defend their country , and Assault upon Kandahar . 101 remained there until the winter 100 The Emperor Baber and his Contemporaries .
... and reign as joint kings . Báber having been requested by the old king before his death hastened to defend their country , and Assault upon Kandahar . 101 remained there until the winter 100 The Emperor Baber and his Contemporaries .
Pagina 101
Assault upon Kandahar . 101 remained there until the winter of 1506 commenced , when the fear of invasion having passed away , he set off on his return to Kábul . It was near the end of December before he crossed the mountains . Snow ...
Assault upon Kandahar . 101 remained there until the winter of 1506 commenced , when the fear of invasion having passed away , he set off on his return to Kábul . It was near the end of December before he crossed the mountains . Snow ...
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Pagina 134 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Pagina 54 - As she is not a heroine, there is no need to describe her person ; indeed I am afraid that her nose was rather short than otherwise, and her cheeks a great deal too round and red for a heroine ; but her face blushed with rosy health, and her lips with the freshest of smiles, and she had a pair of eyes, which sparkled with the brightest and honestest...
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