The Lawrences of the Punjab
Author : Frederick P. Gibbon
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Page : 402 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 1908
Category : India
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Author : Frederick P. Gibbon
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 1908
Category : India
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Author : Frederick P. Gibbon
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230361345
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVI (1869-1879) THE LAST YEARS OF JOHN LAWRENCE Home Life--The London School Board--Tributes to Missionary Work--Miss Gaster's Reminiscences--The Forward Policy--He condemns the Government's Afghan Policy--His Death. Lord Lawrence's official connection with India was over, and his ideal of domestic happiness at last seemed possible of attainment. And in a measure it was attained, though the realisation of the day-dreams of the stifling kutcheri was only partial, for the children whom he had loved to gather round him, in whose romps he had joined with a zest hardly less than their own, had grown up and were dispersed.1 During the parents' last absence from England they had lived at Southgate with their aunt Letitia and their cousin Honoria, the daughter of Sir Henry Lawrence. On the death of Mrs. Hayes, Sir Herbert and Lady Edwardes had generously taken charge of the Southgate house so that Lady Lawrence might remain another year with her husband. The family now removed to Queen's Gate, Kensington, and in 1871 Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire, became their country home. Though fairly regular in his attendance at the House of Lords, Lord Lawrence took little part in debate. He was 1 Nine children were living at this date--four sons, John, Henry, Charles Napier, and Bertie, and five daughters, Kate, Emily, Alice Margaret, Mary, and Maude. A son and daughter had died in infancy. The eldest, Kate (married in 1868 to Colonel Randall), was born in 1843, the youngest, Maude, in 1864. no orator, and, in common with most men of prompt and decisive action and of administrative ability, he distrusted overmuch fluency of language, though he listened with admiration, and some envy, to genuine eloquence. Mr. Gladstone, writing to express the...
Author : Frederick P. Gibbon
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781372829086
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Author : Gibbon Frederick P
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2016-05-04
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ISBN : 9781355463924
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Reginald Bosworth Smith
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 1883
Category : India
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Author : N. M. Khilnani
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Page : 188 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Punjab
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Author : Frederick P Gibbon
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 2015-02-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781298378354
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Richard Temple
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 28,69 MB
Release : 1893
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Page : 610 pages
File Size : 49,77 MB
Release : 1879
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Author : Sir Richard Temple
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Governors
ISBN :