Notes from a Diary, Kept Chiefly in Southern India, 1881-1886, Том 1J. Murray, 1899 |
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... European Mail brings a letter from Arthur Russell , in which , speaking of the Jumbo craze , he says , " The British public has had a fit of moral elephantiasis . " 8. Ride Antar with Major Spencer to the top of Dodabetta , 8760 feet ...
... European Mail brings a letter from Arthur Russell , in which , speaking of the Jumbo craze , he says , " The British public has had a fit of moral elephantiasis . " 8. Ride Antar with Major Spencer to the top of Dodabetta , 8760 feet ...
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... European Mail arrives . writes that when Lord Houghton's death at Athens was rumoured , Sir F. Doyle said , " His exit is the result of too many entrées . " Mrs. Godfrey Clerk told me to - day at dinner.
... European Mail arrives . writes that when Lord Houghton's death at Athens was rumoured , Sir F. Doyle said , " His exit is the result of too many entrées . " Mrs. Godfrey Clerk told me to - day at dinner.
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... European Mail arrives . My sister writes from Weimar , giving a very interesting account of the performance of Faust at the theatre there , on the fiftieth anniversary of Goëthe's death . She sends me also a poem of his , written in the ...
... European Mail arrives . My sister writes from Weimar , giving a very interesting account of the performance of Faust at the theatre there , on the fiftieth anniversary of Goëthe's death . She sends me also a poem of his , written in the ...
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... European Mail , which arrived to - day , left London on Good Friday , in the middle of the Easter Recess . It brought accordingly but little from my friends there . Renan , however , sent from Paris his translation of Ecclesiastes , the ...
... European Mail , which arrived to - day , left London on Good Friday , in the middle of the Easter Recess . It brought accordingly but little from my friends there . Renan , however , sent from Paris his translation of Ecclesiastes , the ...
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... Mail arrives , and brings a letter from the Comte de Paris , to whom I sent last month some Nilgiri orchids . He writes from Château d'Eu , and his views of European politics are as far from cheerful as those of most of my friends of ...
... Mail arrives , and brings a letter from the Comte de Paris , to whom I sent last month some Nilgiri orchids . He writes from Château d'Eu , and his views of European politics are as far from cheerful as those of most of my friends of ...
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afternoon amongst amusing Arthur Russell asked Awdry Bangalore Baron de Hübner beautiful bien Bishop breakfast Breakfast Club Captain Awdry Cavendish charming Coimbatore Colonel Comte de Paris Coonoor Council Craven curious death Diary dined dinner Dyer England English Mail arrives European Mail arrives flowers Frederick Roberts garden Gladstone Government House Governor grand Guindy heard Henry Smith hills honour Hübner Hyderabad India interesting John Webster Lady Reay late Lawson letter looked Lord Lord William Beresford lovely Lubbock Madras Maharajah mentioned morning Mysore never night Nílgiri Office Ootacamund Oxford party passage passed plants Pollock Presidency pretty Prince qu'il remember Renan replied returned round Russell's viper Rutson writes says seen sends sent Sir F Sispara sister writes speech story talk tells things to-day told tour Travancore trees verandah Viceroy walked wife words yesterday
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