The Coming Struggle for India: Being an Account of the Encroachments of Russia in Central Asia, and of the Difficulties Sure to Arise Therefrom to EnglandCassell, 1885 - 214 頁 |
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... better light than had been hitherto the case , since , accord- ing to Tartar notions , conquest was identical with murder , plunder and extirpation . Central Asia was really surprised to find mercy at the hands of the Christian victor ...
... better light than had been hitherto the case , since , accord- ing to Tartar notions , conquest was identical with murder , plunder and extirpation . Central Asia was really surprised to find mercy at the hands of the Christian victor ...
第 31 頁
... better opportunity they fall upon each other , even for the sake of a very trifling matter . The fatigue and hardship which these fellows can endure is most wonderful ; not less their pluck and contempt of death , and albeit they say ...
... better opportunity they fall upon each other , even for the sake of a very trifling matter . The fatigue and hardship which these fellows can endure is most wonderful ; not less their pluck and contempt of death , and albeit they say ...
第 33 頁
... better . As to Persia , rotten to the very core , the ministers of the Shah , when asked about their feelings for the services rendered by the Russians , impu- dently remarked , " We did not invite the Muscovites to deliver us from the ...
... better . As to Persia , rotten to the very core , the ministers of the Shah , when asked about their feelings for the services rendered by the Russians , impu- dently remarked , " We did not invite the Muscovites to deliver us from the ...
第 44 頁
... better insight into that matter . They saw the continually increasing number of Mervians coming to Ashkabad for shopping , and the idea naturally occurred to them to persuade these people that , if they liked , the Russian merchants ...
... better insight into that matter . They saw the continually increasing number of Mervians coming to Ashkabad for shopping , and the idea naturally occurred to them to persuade these people that , if they liked , the Russian merchants ...
第 61 頁
... better qualified to deal with the Asiatics than the English are , would certainly have avoided the catastrophes connected with this cam- paign , and even if visited by misfortune , would not allow herself to be scared away altogether ...
... better qualified to deal with the Asiatics than the English are , would certainly have avoided the catastrophes connected with this cam- paign , and even if visited by misfortune , would not allow herself to be scared away altogether ...
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