Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, His Wife, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1891 - Authors' spouses |
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... numbers of spectators . He has three hundred men of the Nepaul army down here as an escort . There are six hundred elephants waiting for us at Sagaulee to beat the Terai , and if they don't get something out of the jungle , it's a pity ...
... numbers of spectators . He has three hundred men of the Nepaul army down here as an escort . There are six hundred elephants waiting for us at Sagaulee to beat the Terai , and if they don't get something out of the jungle , it's a pity ...
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... number of agreeable neighbours , including the family of Sir Henry Taylor , the author of Philip van Artevelde , ' whom Laurence describes as the " idol of the whole neighbourhood , made love to by the entire female portion of the ...
... number of agreeable neighbours , including the family of Sir Henry Taylor , the author of Philip van Artevelde , ' whom Laurence describes as the " idol of the whole neighbourhood , made love to by the entire female portion of the ...
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... a gorgeous matron who looked like a duchess- would be more influential than any number of petitions . It is a mixture of romping , sedateness , and quiet enjoyment . " The mixture of the grave and gay in these delightful.
... a gorgeous matron who looked like a duchess- would be more influential than any number of petitions . It is a mixture of romping , sedateness , and quiet enjoyment . " The mixture of the grave and gay in these delightful.
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... number of these men had been set to cutting wood for firewood , and Laurence was much concerned to prove that in patronising this effort the public in general was not incurring the reproach of taking bread out of honest people's mouths ...
... number of these men had been set to cutting wood for firewood , and Laurence was much concerned to prove that in patronising this effort the public in general was not incurring the reproach of taking bread out of honest people's mouths ...
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... numbers of pretty girls , who were delighted at getting hold of Mr Oliphant , the traveller , ' for by that term I am always introduced , and I found it difficult to be free and easy enough to please them . For instance , one carried me ...
... numbers of pretty girls , who were delighted at getting hold of Mr Oliphant , the traveller , ' for by that term I am always introduced , and I found it difficult to be free and easy enough to please them . For instance , one carried me ...
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