Anglo-India, Social, Moral, and Political: Tales and fictions. BiographyW.H. Allen, 1838 |
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... lived happy and contented on their salaries , which , augmented in some cases by annual remittances from their na- tive provinces , enabled them to live , if not as splen- didly , as comfortably , as the British at the THE FAMILY OF ...
... lived happy and contented on their salaries , which , augmented in some cases by annual remittances from their na- tive provinces , enabled them to live , if not as splen- didly , as comfortably , as the British at the THE FAMILY OF ...
Strona 13
... parents had thrown her guardianship on a relative , who lived on his patrimonial property in Bretagne . The pro- vince revolted , and Count Dumas , her guardian , not long after he had sent for Gabrielle , had THE FAMILY OF PERRAULT . 13.
... parents had thrown her guardianship on a relative , who lived on his patrimonial property in Bretagne . The pro- vince revolted , and Count Dumas , her guardian , not long after he had sent for Gabrielle , had THE FAMILY OF PERRAULT . 13.
Strona 131
... lived with him in India must be familiar . With such a disposition , it cannot be wondered at that his for- tune , on leaving the country , should have been so small , as barely to yield him a competency , though a man of no expensive ...
... lived with him in India must be familiar . With such a disposition , it cannot be wondered at that his for- tune , on leaving the country , should have been so small , as barely to yield him a competency , though a man of no expensive ...
Strona 162
... lived in . So long as he could afford it , he was bounteous even to profusion in his way of living ; yet the bulk of his wealth was piously expended . He built a splendid church , and en- dowed a large school , out of his own funds ...
... lived in . So long as he could afford it , he was bounteous even to profusion in his way of living ; yet the bulk of his wealth was piously expended . He built a splendid church , and en- dowed a large school , out of his own funds ...
Strona 178
... exaggerated and calumnious . He lived modestly , and indulged in little more than the expenses befitting a respect- able station ; his hospitalities were not displayed in ostentatious banquets , but in a table at which the 178 BIOGRAPHY .
... exaggerated and calumnious . He lived modestly , and indulged in little more than the expenses befitting a respect- able station ; his hospitalities were not displayed in ostentatious banquets , but in a table at which the 178 BIOGRAPHY .
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