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... a little while afterwards , as if process of time necessarily stood for an accession of facts and reasons , persuades himself that he may speak of « une ville que Ptolémée énumère sous le nom altéré d'Erarasa , ” and that he finds ...
... a little while afterwards , as if process of time necessarily stood for an accession of facts and reasons , persuades himself that he may speak of « une ville que Ptolémée énumère sous le nom altéré d'Erarasa , ” and that he finds ...
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Finding M. Julien's method to be much more precarious than it appears at first sight , I took occasion , some years ago , with ample detail of reasons , to reclaim against this heedless hyperbole of encomium .
Finding M. Julien's method to be much more precarious than it appears at first sight , I took occasion , some years ago , with ample detail of reasons , to reclaim against this heedless hyperbole of encomium .
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There is even reason to believe that there were medieval Indian kings who , from motives of policy , adiaphorized between the two great classes of the faithful into which their subjects were divided . For instance , a position of ...
There is even reason to believe that there were medieval Indian kings who , from motives of policy , adiaphorized between the two great classes of the faithful into which their subjects were divided . For instance , a position of ...
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“ There is every reason to believe the greater part of the contents of the Kasi - khanda anterior to the first attack upon Benares by Mahmûd of Ghaznî . ” Thus pronounces Professor Wilson , in his translation of the Vishnu - purâna ...
“ There is every reason to believe the greater part of the contents of the Kasi - khanda anterior to the first attack upon Benares by Mahmûd of Ghaznî . ” Thus pronounces Professor Wilson , in his translation of the Vishnu - purâna ...
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By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm , it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence . For the sanctity of its inhabitants — of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells ...
By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm , it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence . For the sanctity of its inhabitants — of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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