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This , as speculation , will pass ; but , to this writer , with his bias in favour of the theological or mythopeic method of geographizing , what are , at first , only suggestions , very soon ripen into indubitable certainties : “ Cette ...
This , as speculation , will pass ; but , to this writer , with his bias in favour of the theological or mythopeic method of geographizing , what are , at first , only suggestions , very soon ripen into indubitable certainties : “ Cette ...
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Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river . Nor was superstition the only motive which allured ...
Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river . Nor was superstition the only motive which allured ...
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And thus it has come to pass , that every solid and durable structure , and every ancient stone of value , being esteemed by them as their peculiar property , has , with very few exceptions , passed into their hands .
And thus it has come to pass , that every solid and durable structure , and every ancient stone of value , being esteemed by them as their peculiar property , has , with very few exceptions , passed into their hands .
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Over the narrow doorway which constitutes the chief entrance to the temple , is a small figure of Gaņeś , upon which some of the worshippers , as they pass in , sprinkle ...
Over the narrow doorway which constitutes the chief entrance to the temple , is a small figure of Gaņeś , upon which some of the worshippers , as they pass in , sprinkle ...
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It is said that this god will bestow a fine son on his worshippers , even though fate should not have conferred one on them ; and , so long as he lives in Benares , he will pass his time happily , and , at death , will depart to the ...
It is said that this god will bestow a fine son on his worshippers , even though fate should not have conferred one on them ; and , so long as he lives in Benares , he will pass his time happily , and , at death , will depart to the ...
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