The Story of My LifeBlackwood, 1882 - 382 pages |
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... Assistant Police Superintendent of a district comprising a population of a million souls . Nor were the duties of that office light . They involved not only direct authority over the ordinary relations of society , but the active pur ...
... Assistant Police Superintendent of a district comprising a population of a million souls . Nor were the duties of that office light . They involved not only direct authority over the ordinary relations of society , but the active pur ...
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... assistant dunner , " as it was called - i.e . , the collection of moneys due ; and late in the dark evenings have I , mere boy as I was , been walking the streets of Liverpool with thou- sands of pounds in bills , notes , and gold in my ...
... assistant dunner , " as it was called - i.e . , the collection of moneys due ; and late in the dark evenings have I , mere boy as I was , been walking the streets of Liverpool with thou- sands of pounds in bills , notes , and gold in my ...
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... 29th , and were hospitably entertained by Mr Seton , Assistant Com- missioner . I spent a most interesting day there , and finally arrived at Aurungabad on the 5th December . The last marches had been through dull dreary country ,
... 29th , and were hospitably entertained by Mr Seton , Assistant Com- missioner . I spent a most interesting day there , and finally arrived at Aurungabad on the 5th December . The last marches had been through dull dreary country ,
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... Assistant Superinten- dent of Police in the S.W. district of the country , got tired of his solitary life , and proposed to exchange with me . Mr Martin at once consented to the step , and wrote to me very kindly on the subject ...
... Assistant Superinten- dent of Police in the S.W. district of the country , got tired of his solitary life , and proposed to exchange with me . Mr Martin at once consented to the step , and wrote to me very kindly on the subject ...
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... assistant in the depart- ment for " Suppression of Thuggee and Gang - robbery " -was lucky enough to get hold of fourteen of the gang at another encampment about 40 miles south - west of me ; and having obtained both information and ...
... assistant in the depart- ment for " Suppression of Thuggee and Gang - robbery " -was lucky enough to get hold of fourteen of the gang at another encampment about 40 miles south - west of me ; and having obtained both information and ...
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