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Page 709
... become in Brazil slightly ridiculous , the emperor had become an incongruity , and out of relations with his place and time . And though epigrams do not kill , a general sense of the absurdity of an institution may be fatal to it ...
... become in Brazil slightly ridiculous , the emperor had become an incongruity , and out of relations with his place and time . And though epigrams do not kill , a general sense of the absurdity of an institution may be fatal to it ...
Page 774
... become of central Asia under Russian protection ? The answer , in vague and general terms , central Asia will become civilized , civilized in the Russian sense of the word , will not satisfy us . It is not precise enough . Our curiosity ...
... become of central Asia under Russian protection ? The answer , in vague and general terms , central Asia will become civilized , civilized in the Russian sense of the word , will not satisfy us . It is not precise enough . Our curiosity ...
Page 779
... become colonists . The Kirghizes in the north of Turkestan have for a century resisted all the invita- tions of the Russians to become settled cultivators . Their numbers have dwin- dled down to one - half of what they were formerly ...
... become colonists . The Kirghizes in the north of Turkestan have for a century resisted all the invita- tions of the Russians to become settled cultivators . Their numbers have dwin- dled down to one - half of what they were formerly ...
Contents
THE OLD MISSIONARY By Sir William | 49 |
A Highland School Forty Years Ago | 59 |
THE MORAVIANS AND THE LEPERS | 63 |
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