Tropical Sketches: Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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Page 11
... devotee and ascetic ; the life of him who has renounced the world and its occupations to pass his earthly career in study , meditation , and the instruction of others — a fakir . Not a fakir of the miserable , disreputable class that ...
... devotee and ascetic ; the life of him who has renounced the world and its occupations to pass his earthly career in study , meditation , and the instruction of others — a fakir . Not a fakir of the miserable , disreputable class that ...
Page 84
... devotee may aspire , but still he has a lingering hope that there is an account kept somewhere in which he has a ... devotees , he regards with especial reverence . Those of them whom he sees are men who have abandoned the world and ...
... devotee may aspire , but still he has a lingering hope that there is an account kept somewhere in which he has a ... devotees , he regards with especial reverence . Those of them whom he sees are men who have abandoned the world and ...
Page 85
... devotee , and minister to his wants with untiring devotion . Some of these men will hold an arm aloft until it can no more be placed by their sides ; until it has become a stiff , wasted limb , ever standing up hideously and unnaturally ...
... devotee , and minister to his wants with untiring devotion . Some of these men will hold an arm aloft until it can no more be placed by their sides ; until it has become a stiff , wasted limb , ever standing up hideously and unnaturally ...
Page 88
... devotee . So far the preparations are complete . The wide open space is ready for the people . The per- pendicular pole supports the horizontal bam- boo with its two ropes dangling , one at each end . By catching a hold of the longer ...
... devotee . So far the preparations are complete . The wide open space is ready for the people . The per- pendicular pole supports the horizontal bam- boo with its two ropes dangling , one at each end . By catching a hold of the longer ...
Page 90
... devotee attached by the iron hook flies through the air , revolving rapidly round and round , cen- trifugal force sending him far aloft over the heads of the shouting multitude . As he swings he scatters the berries , and great is the ...
... devotee attached by the iron hook flies through the air , revolving rapidly round and round , cen- trifugal force sending him far aloft over the heads of the shouting multitude . As he swings he scatters the berries , and great is the ...
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Tropical Sketches: Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Volume 2 William Knighton, Sir No preview available - 2016 |
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