Tropical Sketches: Or, Reminiscences of an Indian Journalist, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... religious mendicants , and often imposing , to an extra- ordinary extent , upon the unsuspicious villagers . Women assist them most , and women are most deceived by them . Anxious to wean his son from a religious life , the father of ...
... religious mendicants , and often imposing , to an extra- ordinary extent , upon the unsuspicious villagers . Women assist them most , and women are most deceived by them . Anxious to wean his son from a religious life , the father of ...
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... of an affectionate wife - in the enjoyment of domestic happiness , he forgot , for a time , the religious life which he desired so ardently to live , and which he had resolved on living . It was , TROPICAL SKETCHES . 9.
... of an affectionate wife - in the enjoyment of domestic happiness , he forgot , for a time , the religious life which he desired so ardently to live , and which he had resolved on living . It was , TROPICAL SKETCHES . 9.
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... religious 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 ...
... religious 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 ...
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... religion is a real living principle in the mind , not a hypocritical show without . Nanuk did not content himself , however , with simple study and meditation , as many of his class do . He became a teacher and a preacher . He preached ...
... religion is a real living principle in the mind , not a hypocritical show without . Nanuk did not content himself , however , with simple study and meditation , as many of his class do . He became a teacher and a preacher . He preached ...
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... religious systems of the East are divided into those two great classes - the sacrificers and the non- sacrificers ; those that believe an atonement is necessary of some kind , and has been offered or may be offered daily , and those who ...
... religious systems of the East are divided into those two great classes - the sacrificers and the non- sacrificers ; those that believe an atonement is necessary of some kind , and has been offered or may be offered daily , and those who ...
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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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