The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 1N. Trübner, 1869 |
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Page xiii
... never furnished a tithe of the stock of local traditions , gossiping stories , and exhaustive descriptions which are here . presented to English and Indian readers . Here it may be advisable to furnish a brief sketch of the author , and ...
... never furnished a tithe of the stock of local traditions , gossiping stories , and exhaustive descriptions which are here . presented to English and Indian readers . Here it may be advisable to furnish a brief sketch of the author , and ...
Page xx
... never been able to overcome this aversion . An old Bengalee proverb was universally accepted , that he was the happiest man who never owed a debt nor under- took a journey . It was only the old men and old widows who left their homes to ...
... never been able to overcome this aversion . An old Bengalee proverb was universally accepted , that he was the happiest man who never owed a debt nor under- took a journey . It was only the old men and old widows who left their homes to ...
Page xxi
... never does a Hindoo take any step of importance without first consulting the stars . This is usually done by reference either to a Brahman astrologer , or to the astrological almanack . When business will not admit of delay , a Hindoo ...
... never does a Hindoo take any step of importance without first consulting the stars . This is usually done by reference either to a Brahman astrologer , or to the astrological almanack . When business will not admit of delay , a Hindoo ...
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... never certainly known , he long eluded the search of the police . He was at length betrayed by one of his comrades , surrounded in the hut of his courtesan in the midst of a jungle , seized when overcome by wine , and then hanged on the ...
... never certainly known , he long eluded the search of the police . He was at length betrayed by one of his comrades , surrounded in the hut of his courtesan in the midst of a jungle , seized when overcome by wine , and then hanged on the ...
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... from a short distance . Poor people generally send forward their dead for incremation in charge of bearers , who never betray the trust reposed in them . Bullagur . - Goopteeparah . 19 On the opposite side 18 Travels of a Hindoo .
... from a short distance . Poor people generally send forward their dead for incremation in charge of bearers , who never betray the trust reposed in them . Bullagur . - Goopteeparah . 19 On the opposite side 18 Travels of a Hindoo .
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