 | James Grant Duff - 1826 - 618 pagine
...that I appear before the public under great disadvantages, as, indeed, every one must do, who having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied...duties of the civil or military services of India ; for, however well such a life may fit us for acquiring some kinds of information, it is in other... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pagine
...that he appears before the public under great disadvantages, as indeed every one must do who, having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied,...of his life in the most active duties of the civil and military services of India.' Captain Duff justly adds, that however well such a life may fit us... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pagine
...one must do who, having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied, nearly nine-tentlis of the next twenty-one years of his life in the most active duties of the civil and military services of India.' Captain Duff justly adds, that however well such a life may fit us... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1826 - 624 pagine
...with the Author that perfect facility of composition is hardly to be expected from one " who, having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied nearly ninetenths of the next twenty-one yews of .his life in the most active duties of the civil or military services of India." But while... | |
 | 1826 - 630 pagine
...with the Author that perfect facility of composition is hardly to be expected from one " who, having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied nearly ninetenths of the next twenty -one years of his life in the most active duties of the civil or military services of India."... | |
 | James Grant Duff - 1878 - 766 pagine
...that I appear before the public under great disadvantages, as indeed every one must do who, having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied...duties of the civil or military services of India ; for, however well such a life may fit us for acquiring some kinds of information, it is in other... | |
 | James Grant Duff - 1912 - 510 pagine
...that I appear before the public under great disadvantages, as, indeed, every oue must do, who having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied...active duties of the civil or military services of ludia ; for, however well such a life may fit us for acquiring some kinds of iuformatioc, it is in... | |
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I am very sensible that I appear before the public under great disadvantages, as, indeed, every one must do, who having quitted school at sixteen, has been constantly occupied nearly nine-tenths of the next twenty-one years of his life in the most active... 