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Page ii
... English valour and statesmanship won the prize of Insular India , an Island Empire of twenty millions of inhabitants : so the transactions cannot have lost their interest . the Autobiographer was in close connection with one of the ...
... English valour and statesmanship won the prize of Insular India , an Island Empire of twenty millions of inhabitants : so the transactions cannot have lost their interest . the Autobiographer was in close connection with one of the ...
Page x
... English Justice XXX . Abdulla's Estimate of the New Missionaries XXXI . Captain Newbold 216 221 ... 225 228 232 235 243 : ... XXXII . The Nanning War 258 ... XXXIII . Native Princes 267 801 XXXIV . Mr. Alfred North 278 ... XXXV ...
... English Justice XXX . Abdulla's Estimate of the New Missionaries XXXI . Captain Newbold 216 221 ... 225 228 232 235 243 : ... XXXII . The Nanning War 258 ... XXXIII . Native Princes 267 801 XXXIV . Mr. Alfred North 278 ... XXXV ...
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... Protestant missionaries . In physiognomy he was a This has the same weight as " Your obedient humble servant " at the end of an English letter . Tamilian of South Hindostan . He was tall , slightly 4 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
... Protestant missionaries . In physiognomy he was a This has the same weight as " Your obedient humble servant " at the end of an English letter . Tamilian of South Hindostan . He was tall , slightly 4 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
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... English intended to destroy the fort , but none of the races of people inhabiting the town would believe that such could be done so easily , saying one to another , that the life of the Governor would not be long enough to finish such ...
... English intended to destroy the fort , but none of the races of people inhabiting the town would believe that such could be done so easily , saying one to another , that the life of the Governor would not be long enough to finish such ...
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... English Governor that he might carry the remains away for burial to Rhio , for which he obtained consent . Now , the history of the war of Raja Hajée is a very long one , and to go on with it would protract the work in hand , so I must ...
... English Governor that he might carry the remains away for burial to Rhio , for which he obtained consent . Now , the history of the war of Raja Hajée is a very long one , and to go on with it would protract the work in hand , so I must ...
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