The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... nature ; the perception of the ludicrous in Native habits , manners , and sentiments ; and a moral shrug of the shoulders at all that is strange , unintelli- gible , or idolatrous : -all , however , combined with an utter want of real ...
... nature ; the perception of the ludicrous in Native habits , manners , and sentiments ; and a moral shrug of the shoulders at all that is strange , unintelli- gible , or idolatrous : -all , however , combined with an utter want of real ...
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... nature , he thought of putting down sensualism by sentiment . In a little time , his enthu- siasm affected hundreds ... natural course of things , licence is always succeeded by . restraint . The triumph of their adversaries , therefore ...
... nature , he thought of putting down sensualism by sentiment . In a little time , his enthu- siasm affected hundreds ... natural course of things , licence is always succeeded by . restraint . The triumph of their adversaries , therefore ...
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... He has lost the dictatorship which Menu had awarded to him . He has lost the ascendancy which was the natural reward of knowledge in ages of ignorance . The · Altered Condition of the Brahmins . 41 Sudra , 40 Travels of a Hindoo .
... He has lost the dictatorship which Menu had awarded to him . He has lost the ascendancy which was the natural reward of knowledge in ages of ignorance . The · Altered Condition of the Brahmins . 41 Sudra , 40 Travels of a Hindoo .
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... know so well how to paint , and English writers find impossible worthily to translate . The difference between the natural phenomena of India and Europe Doobrajpoor . 59 forms an invincible obstacle to the rendering 58 Travels of a Hindoo .
... know so well how to paint , and English writers find impossible worthily to translate . The difference between the natural phenomena of India and Europe Doobrajpoor . 59 forms an invincible obstacle to the rendering 58 Travels of a Hindoo .
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... nature of its soil as its climate . This is the Raur Proper , the inhabitants of which boast of a purer de- scent , and look down with scorn upon the people on the other side of the Bhagiruttee . Nothing afforded us so great a pleasure ...
... nature of its soil as its climate . This is the Raur Proper , the inhabitants of which boast of a purer de- scent , and look down with scorn upon the people on the other side of the Bhagiruttee . Nothing afforded us so great a pleasure ...
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