Publications, Issue 35Royal Asiatic Society, 1834 |
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... ground , in addition to the ground . Now , I have looked all through the District and around in Maryland and Virginia for months . I have driven around trying to locate a place or find a place where we might get enough ground to help ...
... ground , in addition to the ground . Now , I have looked all through the District and around in Maryland and Virginia for months . I have driven around trying to locate a place or find a place where we might get enough ground to help ...
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... ground to " be provided for their parish under the provisions of this Act " shall be held and used in like manner and subject to the " same laws and regulations in all respects as the existing " burial - ground or churchyard of the said ...
... ground to " be provided for their parish under the provisions of this Act " shall be held and used in like manner and subject to the " same laws and regulations in all respects as the existing " burial - ground or churchyard of the said ...
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... grounds with critical attentiveness to the ground that lies literally beneath our literal feet, as well as to the practices that (metaphorically but actually) ground the claims we make, accept, dispute, and contest. I find resources for ...
... grounds with critical attentiveness to the ground that lies literally beneath our literal feet, as well as to the practices that (metaphorically but actually) ground the claims we make, accept, dispute, and contest. I find resources for ...
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... Ground ... 23. Plan of the Abihkutci Square Ground . 24. Plan of the Talmutcasi Square Ground . 25. Plan of the Tcatoksofka Square Ground__ 26. Plan of the Pakan tallahassee Square Ground ( I ) . 27. Plan of the Pakan tallahassee Square ...
... Ground ... 23. Plan of the Abihkutci Square Ground . 24. Plan of the Talmutcasi Square Ground . 25. Plan of the Tcatoksofka Square Ground__ 26. Plan of the Pakan tallahassee Square Ground ( I ) . 27. Plan of the Pakan tallahassee Square ...
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... ground ; fire mingled with the hail , mingled with + ran a - long up - on the ground ; fire mingled with the hail , P ran a - long up on the ground ; mingled with fire mingled with the hail , mingled with ran a long up on the ground ...
... ground ; fire mingled with the hail , mingled with + ran a - long up - on the ground ; fire mingled with the hail , P ran a - long up on the ground ; mingled with fire mingled with the hail , mingled with ran a long up on the ground ...
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.