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... England pervaded the whole work , and I paused , fearing lest this might arouse indignation and thus stifle the good that might otherwise accrue from this source . But upon mature reflection I determined to continue the translation ...
... England pervaded the whole work , and I paused , fearing lest this might arouse indignation and thus stifle the good that might otherwise accrue from this source . But upon mature reflection I determined to continue the translation ...
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... England's faults in her Eastern policy ; but I here disclaim all advocacy of his opinions , and merely take upon myself the responsibility of having given utterance to them . Another inducement to my task was the opinion on this work ...
... England's faults in her Eastern policy ; but I here disclaim all advocacy of his opinions , and merely take upon myself the responsibility of having given utterance to them . Another inducement to my task was the opinion on this work ...
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... England - a country the commercial interests of which must be so materially affected by these affairs- people had just begun to take up this very important matter in earnest . Lord Lawrence , the late Viceroy of India , and Mr. Edward B ...
... England - a country the commercial interests of which must be so materially affected by these affairs- people had just begun to take up this very important matter in earnest . Lord Lawrence , the late Viceroy of India , and Mr. Edward B ...
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... England was rather an Asiatic than a European Great Power ; with how much greater truth , then , may this be said of Russia - that colossal empire which is re- proachfully termed ' the Northern ' - the very territories of which will ...
... England was rather an Asiatic than a European Great Power ; with how much greater truth , then , may this be said of Russia - that colossal empire which is re- proachfully termed ' the Northern ' - the very territories of which will ...
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... THE OPERATIONS AGAINST KHIVA . 197-213 CHAPTER XII . EVENTS IN AFGHÁNISTÁN 214-240 CHAPTER XIII . THE RIVALRY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN ASIA 241-316 INDEX . 317-332 1 THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA . CHAPTER I. RUSSIAN XX Contents .
... THE OPERATIONS AGAINST KHIVA . 197-213 CHAPTER XII . EVENTS IN AFGHÁNISTÁN 214-240 CHAPTER XIII . THE RIVALRY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN ASIA 241-316 INDEX . 317-332 1 THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA . CHAPTER I. RUSSIAN XX Contents .
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