 | 1864 - 502 pages
...poor deluded sensualist, whose life has been passed in abominable practices, or the covetous mahajaq who has made himself rich by a long course of hard-fisted...than a babe, yet guilty of the foulest crimes, still conies as of old from the remotest corners of India, as the sands of time are slowly ebbing away, and... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 452 pages
...long course of grinding extortion, or the fanatical devotee, more simple than a babe, yet sometimes guilty of the foulest crimes, still comes, as of old,...time are slowly ebbing away, and, fearful lest the last golden grains should escape before his long journey is ended, makes desperate efforts to hold... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 544 pages
...long course of grinding extortion, or tho fanatical devotee, more simple than a babe, yet sometimes guilty of the foulest crimes, still comes, as of old,...time are slowly ebbing away, and, fearful lest the last golden grains should escape before his long journey is ended, makes desperate efforts to hold... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 454 pages
...long course of grinding extortion, or the fanatical devotee, more simple than a babe, yet sometimes guilty of the foulest crimes, still comes, as of old,...the remotest corners of India, as the sands of time arc slowly ebbing away, and, fearful lest the last golden grains should escape before his long journey... | |
 | 1868 - 598 pages
...sensualist, whose life has been passed in abominable practices, or the covetous mahajan, or native banker, who has made himself rich by a long course of hard-fisted extortion, or the fanatical devotee, more simple than a babe, yet sometimes guilty of foul and bloody crimes, still comes, as of old, from... | |
 | 1868 - 1206 pages
...sensualist, whose life has been passed in abomiuable practices, or the covetous mahajan, or native banker, who has made himself rich by a long course of hardfisted extortion, or the fanatical devotee, more simple than a babe, yet sometimes guilty of foul and bloody crimes, still comes, as of old, from... | |
 | Diana L. Eck - 1999 - 460 pages
...Hindus. Note both voices in his portrayal of the aging pilgrim making his way to Banaras: . . . [He comes] as of old, from the remotest corners of India,...time are slowly ebbing away, and, fearful lest the last golden grains should escape before his long journey is ended, makes desperate efforts to hold... | |
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... extortion, or the fanatical devotee, more simple than a babe, yet sometimes guilty of the foulest crimes, still comes, as of old, from the remotest corners of India, as the sands of time are slowly ebbing away, and, fearful lest the last golden grains... 