The Quarterly Review, Volume 241John Murray, 1924 - English literature |
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... troops , on their way from that town to Oxford , passed over the Golden Mile , the turf road which runs along the eastern border of East Hendred . " ' Some loose fellowes ( whether by orders or not I cannot tell ) came hyther , went ...
... troops , on their way from that town to Oxford , passed over the Golden Mile , the turf road which runs along the eastern border of East Hendred . " ' Some loose fellowes ( whether by orders or not I cannot tell ) came hyther , went ...
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... troops in German East Africa , and even to recruit from the Matabele themselves regiments to fight against the German - led ' askari . ' Where , it might be asked , would these askari ' have been standing in the Great War if the Germans ...
... troops in German East Africa , and even to recruit from the Matabele themselves regiments to fight against the German - led ' askari . ' Where , it might be asked , would these askari ' have been standing in the Great War if the Germans ...
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... Who is the real aggressor ? Russia . At the end of it we shall have her on our backs . What do you imagine will be the effect on the Indian mind of • the employment of Indian troops against Europeans ? ' THE PERSONALITY OF LORD MORLEY 187.
... Who is the real aggressor ? Russia . At the end of it we shall have her on our backs . What do you imagine will be the effect on the Indian mind of • the employment of Indian troops against Europeans ? ' THE PERSONALITY OF LORD MORLEY 187.
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• the employment of Indian troops against Europeans ? ' and last of all , What should I be doing in a War Ministry ? ' As the years went on he elaborated his position and wrote that secret memoir to which I have already alluded in which ...
• the employment of Indian troops against Europeans ? ' and last of all , What should I be doing in a War Ministry ? ' As the years went on he elaborated his position and wrote that secret memoir to which I have already alluded in which ...
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... troops in view of Prussian preparations . In the same year , Walter Titley was appointed Envoy , Johann Herman , Vol . 241.-No. 478 . who since 1721 had acted as Secretary during Glenorchy's broken THE ALLIANCE OF HANOVER 205 The Church ...
... troops in view of Prussian preparations . In the same year , Walter Titley was appointed Envoy , Johann Herman , Vol . 241.-No. 478 . who since 1721 had acted as Secretary during Glenorchy's broken THE ALLIANCE OF HANOVER 205 The Church ...
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