Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine LandsW.H. Allen, 1884 - 150 páginas |
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... English army , he summoned him , in the name of friendship , to join him at Paris , to accompany him to England , and to enlist with him . He added that the prospects in the British army were excellent , as a mutiny was raging in India ...
... English army , he summoned him , in the name of friendship , to join him at Paris , to accompany him to England , and to enlist with him . He added that the prospects in the British army were excellent , as a mutiny was raging in India ...
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... young German who had joined the regiment the year before , absolutely ignorant of the English language ! Jäkel remained schoolmaster - sergeant for about a year , At a subsequent period he told me that he managed viii PREFACE .
... young German who had joined the regiment the year before , absolutely ignorant of the English language ! Jäkel remained schoolmaster - sergeant for about a year , At a subsequent period he told me that he managed viii PREFACE .
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... English , pure and simple . These have come to regard the great bulk of Anglo - Indians as a race entirely apart , separated from themselves by peculiar ideas upon most subjects , by an in- capacity to converse upon other than matters ...
... English , pure and simple . These have come to regard the great bulk of Anglo - Indians as a race entirely apart , separated from themselves by peculiar ideas upon most subjects , by an in- capacity to converse upon other than matters ...
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... English politics at an Indian dinner party would have at once been set down as a prig or a bore . He would have alluded to subjects which , to the remainder of the company present , would have been the veriest Hebrew , with which ...
... English politics at an Indian dinner party would have at once been set down as a prig or a bore . He would have alluded to subjects which , to the remainder of the company present , would have been the veriest Hebrew , with which ...
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... English politics were a sealed book , and the history of English parties absolute Chaldee ; who had with her not one subject in common , whose ideas were limited to the promotion of their husbands , and to their own precedence at ...
... English politics were a sealed book , and the history of English parties absolute Chaldee ; who had with her not one subject in common , whose ideas were limited to the promotion of their husbands , and to their own precedence at ...
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admiration Almhütte Anglo-Indians appeared Archduke arrived ascent Aussee Austria Bavarian beautiful Berchtesgaden Blochmann boat Bormio bright C.S.I. London Captain Musafir carriage castle chamois charming climb Colonel G. B. MALLESON comfortable Dachstein Danube descending distance Ebensee einspänner Emperor Engelberg English Engstlen Alp enjoy enjoyment Europe excursions famous feet fishing foliage foreground friends German glacier glorious Gmunden Golling Gosau Gratz green Grundl lake Hallein Hallstadt height hills hour India Innsbruck Ischl Jäger Jäkel Joch Pass journey Kanzler König's Krähmeyer ladies Lambach landlord Langbath language Linz little village lovely Lucerne magnificent miles mountains Musafir o'clock Obertraun once party Passau picturesque Pontresina pretty rain reached river road rock route Salzburg Salzkammergut scarcely scenery side sight smiling snow splendid steamer Styrian summit Switzerland Thalgau thence Titlis tour town Traun Traunkirchen Traunstein travellers Trieste Untersberg valley W. H. Allen walk Watzmann whilst wife Wild Hunter
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