The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volumen86Archibald Constable and Company, 1820 |
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... Major Davie ; by a Gentleman resident in Ceylon Correspondence of the De Coverley Fa- mily . No. V. 319 to L. C. Piso and his two Sons ....... 346 Remarks on the Life of William Lord Russell ; written by Lord John Rus- 349 LITERARY AND ...
... Major Davie ; by a Gentleman resident in Ceylon Correspondence of the De Coverley Fa- mily . No. V. 319 to L. C. Piso and his two Sons ....... 346 Remarks on the Life of William Lord Russell ; written by Lord John Rus- 349 LITERARY AND ...
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... MAJOR DAVIE ; the car , unless he is otherwise tired of life . At the last ruth jattra one indi- vidual , who had suffered severely for two or three years from a pain in the bowels , a disorder common in the country ... Major Davie .
... MAJOR DAVIE ; the car , unless he is otherwise tired of life . At the last ruth jattra one indi- vidual , who had suffered severely for two or three years from a pain in the bowels , a disorder common in the country ... Major Davie .
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... Major Davie a passport in the name of the King of Kandy , that the garrison should pro- ceed without molestation . About five o'clock P. M. the garrison , consisting of 14 European officers , 20 British soldiers , 250 ... Major Davie .
... Major Davie a passport in the name of the King of Kandy , that the garrison should pro- ceed without molestation . About five o'clock P. M. the garrison , consisting of 14 European officers , 20 British soldiers , 250 ... Major Davie .
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... Major Davie , and Captain Rumley of the Malay regiment . Captain Humphreys of the Bengal Artillery , with a Sub - assistant Surgeon of the Malay regiment , who was a native of Columbo , contrived to escape in the confusion ... Major Davie .
... Major Davie , and Captain Rumley of the Malay regiment . Captain Humphreys of the Bengal Artillery , with a Sub - assistant Surgeon of the Malay regiment , who was a native of Columbo , contrived to escape in the confusion ... Major Davie .
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... Major Davie was living at the village of Gonagodda , in the district of Dombera , about eight Eng- lish miles distant from Kandy ; and that , although he was a prisoner , he was as kindly and attentively treated as circumstances would ...
... Major Davie was living at the village of Gonagodda , in the district of Dombera , about eight Eng- lish miles distant from Kandy ; and that , although he was a prisoner , he was as kindly and attentively treated as circumstances would ...
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