The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India, Volume 2N. Trübner, 1869 |
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... head of the camel on a level with the head of the coachee , and affording an oddity for a caricature in Punch . But it is the extreme obedience of the animal , and the unflagging equableness of its pace , that must have always ...
... head of the camel on a level with the head of the coachee , and affording an oddity for a caricature in Punch . But it is the extreme obedience of the animal , and the unflagging equableness of its pace , that must have always ...
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... head of one of the gentlemen to play a prank of big - folkism , by waving his long whip over our companion - gharry . Encountered a body of itinerant Chowbay - Pandas from Muttra , on the look - out for pilgrims . No sooner did the ...
... head of one of the gentlemen to play a prank of big - folkism , by waving his long whip over our companion - gharry . Encountered a body of itinerant Chowbay - Pandas from Muttra , on the look - out for pilgrims . No sooner did the ...
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... heads do touch heaven , ' or ' of cannibals , and anthropophagi , and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders , ' - to hear all which not only a Desdemona , but many mustachioed men would seriously incline . India has been ...
... heads do touch heaven , ' or ' of cannibals , and anthropophagi , and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders , ' - to hear all which not only a Desdemona , but many mustachioed men would seriously incline . India has been ...
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... heads , and a bundle of reeds in one of their arm - pits to keep them afloat . Some three or four miles off , over on the other side of the river , was seen a high column of smoke almost to touch the horizon . Doubtless , such a column ...
... heads , and a bundle of reeds in one of their arm - pits to keep them afloat . Some three or four miles off , over on the other side of the river , was seen a high column of smoke almost to touch the horizon . Doubtless , such a column ...
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... head . The most sacred spot in all Muttra is the Bisram- ghaut , where Krishna and Buldeo rested from their labours of slaying Kunsa , and dragging his corpse to the river - side . They had also washed their bodies and clothes at this ...
... head . The most sacred spot in all Muttra is the Bisram- ghaut , where Krishna and Buldeo rested from their labours of slaying Kunsa , and dragging his corpse to the river - side . They had also washed their bodies and clothes at this ...
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