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Henry S. King & Company, 65 Cornhill, 1871 - 296 pages

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Page 297 - The Medical Guide for Anglo-Indians. Being a Compendium of Advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. With a Supplement on the Management of Children in India. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. Limp cloth, price 3* . 6d, MALDEN (HE and EE) Princes and Princesses.
Page 223 - A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee: Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us, What and where they be.
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