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Page 4
... of the other, and the two form so homogeneous a whole, that the finest
microscopic intellects of Europe, after patient and long-continued examination,
have been well-nigh baflled in the attempt to discover which is fiction and which
is fact.
... of the other, and the two form so homogeneous a whole, that the finest
microscopic intellects of Europe, after patient and long-continued examination,
have been well-nigh baflled in the attempt to discover which is fiction and which
is fact.
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... thence gone forth to the gradual conquest of India, until the whole land
substantially became converted to Buddhism, and sent forth missionaries to
Ceylon and other parts, by whose agency that island, the empire of China, Japan,
Burmah, ...
... thence gone forth to the gradual conquest of India, until the whole land
substantially became converted to Buddhism, and sent forth missionaries to
Ceylon and other parts, by whose agency that island, the empire of China, Japan,
Burmah, ...
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When he prepares his food,—for he cooks it himself,—should a man of inferior
caste, by inadvertence, or from any cause, happen to touch it, the whole is
considered as spoiled, and is thrown away. Indeed, so rigidly observant of the
rules of ...
When he prepares his food,—for he cooks it himself,—should a man of inferior
caste, by inadvertence, or from any cause, happen to touch it, the whole is
considered as spoiled, and is thrown away. Indeed, so rigidly observant of the
rules of ...
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... knowledge respecting ancient India, that the appetite for those researches has
become more and more strongly whetted, and the belief has originated that the
Indian mine is rich and deep, and is ample enough to repay the efforts of a whole
...
... knowledge respecting ancient India, that the appetite for those researches has
become more and more strongly whetted, and the belief has originated that the
Indian mine is rich and deep, and is ample enough to repay the efforts of a whole
...
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The same unequal proportion of old temples, as compared with new, is visible
throughout the whole of Northern India. Moreover, the diminutive size of nearly all
the temples that exist is another powerful testimony to the stringency of the ...
The same unequal proportion of old temples, as compared with new, is visible
throughout the whole of Northern India. Moreover, the diminutive size of nearly all
the temples that exist is another powerful testimony to the stringency of the ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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