The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Band 10Viking Press, 1930 - 299 Seiten Autobiography of a British cavalry officer in pre-war India and on the Western front, who later became a member of the Royal flying corps in Mesopotamia. The closing chapters concern his subsequent travels in India and give his interpretation of the Hindu philosophy through the medium of his own personal experience. |
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... hope you will teach me . " " Men and horses are simple , " he answered , " but mules are spawn of Satan . We can't get the syces for them now- adays . Wages are ridiculous . The young men all want to go to school . What do they learn ...
... hope you will teach me . " " Men and horses are simple , " he answered , " but mules are spawn of Satan . We can't get the syces for them now- adays . Wages are ridiculous . The young men all want to go to school . What do they learn ...
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... hope not , " he says : " for I ride about the district a great deal . Of course I know there is a danger that my servants may take baksheesh . But I have an old retainer whom I trust . He comes with me everywhere . " " That old man ...
... hope not , " he says : " for I ride about the district a great deal . Of course I know there is a danger that my servants may take baksheesh . But I have an old retainer whom I trust . He comes with me everywhere . " " That old man ...
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... hope and my love . Damn ! The battery fired again , while I was writing to the pilot , and now we've swung round so that I can't see the result . What is the signal for " not observed " ? ... Best do nothing . The battery has now laid ...
... hope and my love . Damn ! The battery fired again , while I was writing to the pilot , and now we've swung round so that I can't see the result . What is the signal for " not observed " ? ... Best do nothing . The battery has now laid ...
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New Years Eve 1905 | 3 |
Durbar and a Dog Fight | 14 |
Masheen of the Mirrored Thumbs | 31 |
Urheberrecht | |
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