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... AUTHOR OF " The Russians at Merv and Herat , " " The Russian Advance towards India , " " Merv the Queen of the World , " " The Russian Campaign against the Turcomans , " " Grodekoff ' Ride to Herat , " " The Russian Railway to India ...
... AUTHOR OF " The Russians at Merv and Herat , " " The Russian Advance towards India , " " Merv the Queen of the World , " " The Russian Campaign against the Turcomans , " " Grodekoff ' Ride to Herat , " " The Russian Railway to India ...
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... authors have dis- played their considerate appreciation by appropriating both opinions and facts , without the slightest acknow- ledgment , and have passed them off as their own . Two flagrant instances , in particular , rankle in my ...
... authors have dis- played their considerate appreciation by appropriating both opinions and facts , without the slightest acknow- ledgment , and have passed them off as their own . Two flagrant instances , in particular , rankle in my ...
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... authors who reach a certain eminence , and I suppose I ought to bear the infliction meekly . But my grievance is something more than a sentimental one . I am not a military officer or a government official , who may ex- pect a reward ...
... authors who reach a certain eminence , and I suppose I ought to bear the infliction meekly . But my grievance is something more than a sentimental one . I am not a military officer or a government official , who may ex- pect a reward ...
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... author has an excuse for taking an interest in his own productions , " I rejoined , pointing to the name at the foot of the title . Oh , I see , " replied the officer with a smile , and then turning to his subordinate said , " You need ...
... author has an excuse for taking an interest in his own productions , " I rejoined , pointing to the name at the foot of the title . Oh , I see , " replied the officer with a smile , and then turning to his subordinate said , " You need ...
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... anticipated such a bold stroke on the part of their Government , was illustrated by a letter I received from a Russian author at Tiflis the day before the annexation , in which , after I hope I shall be excused for dwelling upon the.
... anticipated such a bold stroke on the part of their Government , was illustrated by a letter I received from a Russian author at Tiflis the day before the annexation , in which , after I hope I shall be excused for dwelling upon the.
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