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... camp . † I alter the quaint spelling only : - The second November , the king removed to his tents , with his women and all the court , about three mile . I went to attend him ; coming to the palace , I found him at the Furago window ...
... camp . † I alter the quaint spelling only : - The second November , the king removed to his tents , with his women and all the court , about three mile . I went to attend him ; coming to the palace , I found him at the Furago window ...
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... half a mile in compass . In the inside a throne of mother - of - pearl , with ca- nopies of gold cloth , and rich carpets . The circuit of the camp was little less than twenty English miles- equal 24 THE ENGLISHMAN IN INDIA .
... half a mile in compass . In the inside a throne of mother - of - pearl , with ca- nopies of gold cloth , and rich carpets . The circuit of the camp was little less than twenty English miles- equal 24 THE ENGLISHMAN IN INDIA .
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... camp divided , and scattered into parts ; ill water , dear provisions , sickness , and all sorts of calamity accompanying so infinite a multitude ; yet nothing removes him from following this monstrous appetite . ' On another occasion ...
... camp divided , and scattered into parts ; ill water , dear provisions , sickness , and all sorts of calamity accompanying so infinite a multitude ; yet nothing removes him from following this monstrous appetite . ' On another occasion ...
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... camp , and found himself either ' chamber - fellow or tent - mate ' to our friend Mr. Terry . His resolve was to wander up and down the world ' like Ulysses , ' for at least ten years before he returned home , travelling over India ...
... camp , and found himself either ' chamber - fellow or tent - mate ' to our friend Mr. Terry . His resolve was to wander up and down the world ' like Ulysses , ' for at least ten years before he returned home , travelling over India ...
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... camp to ask for terms . La Bourdonnais , taking the hat of one of the Englishmen in his hand , said : We will treat thus - this hat is worth six rupees : * Two hundred out of the five were what they called Topasses - a black ...
... camp to ask for terms . La Bourdonnais , taking the hat of one of the Englishmen in his hand , said : We will treat thus - this hat is worth six rupees : * Two hundred out of the five were what they called Topasses - a black ...
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