Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... political agent - the eyes and ears of the force . The hollow is a grassy place on the banks of a stream which runs down a long and narrow valley , hemmed in by forest . In the evening light a few scattered Malay villages can be seen ...
... political agent - the eyes and ears of the force . The hollow is a grassy place on the banks of a stream which runs down a long and narrow valley , hemmed in by forest . In the evening light a few scattered Malay villages can be seen ...
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... political officer stumbles over the bodies of sprawling men , and makes his way to the commander of the force . He finds him lying under his blanket cursing softly to him- self , and bemoaning the suffer- ings of his men . " It's no ...
... political officer stumbles over the bodies of sprawling men , and makes his way to the commander of the force . He finds him lying under his blanket cursing softly to him- self , and bemoaning the suffer- ings of his men . " It's no ...
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... political officer to himself . " Do not suffer any man to go forward until I re- turn to thee , " he adds to one of his Malays , and then pushes his way back through the Sikhs to the rear of the column . He finds the gun coated thickly ...
... political officer to himself . " Do not suffer any man to go forward until I re- turn to thee , " he adds to one of his Malays , and then pushes his way back through the Sikhs to the rear of the column . He finds the gun coated thickly ...
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... political officer . " And now we'll make these beggars sit up ! " The coolies and their loads are left with a small baggage- guard in a clump of jungle . The rest of the force , about eighty strong , splits up into three parties , the ...
... political officer . " And now we'll make these beggars sit up ! " The coolies and their loads are left with a small baggage- guard in a clump of jungle . The rest of the force , about eighty strong , splits up into three parties , the ...
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... political officer swears aloud . " The place is crammed with women and children , " he says to the commander of the force . " Will the beggars give in if we call upon them to sur- render ? " asks the latter . " Not they . They'll bolt ...
... political officer swears aloud . " The place is crammed with women and children , " he says to the commander of the force . " Will the beggars give in if we call upon them to sur- render ? " asks the latter . " Not they . They'll bolt ...
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