Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 96
... body is exposed in public for many days , nay often for entire months , during which time a continual festival is celebrated about it ; bands of music are always playing , and the people flock in crowds to offer their presents of money ...
... body is exposed in public for many days , nay often for entire months , during which time a continual festival is celebrated about it ; bands of music are always playing , and the people flock in crowds to offer their presents of money ...
Page 109
... body of man is also much recom- mended in this sermon , to the Talapoins ; that thus its weakness , and misery , and vileness may be ever before their eyes . They should often say to them- selves , " This body of mine is the receptacle ...
... body of man is also much recom- mended in this sermon , to the Talapoins ; that thus its weakness , and misery , and vileness may be ever before their eyes . They should often say to them- selves , " This body of mine is the receptacle ...
Page 138
... body is delivered to those whose office it is to burn the dead , and these , placing it on a species of wooden rack , set fire to it ; while in the mean time the alms are distributed to the Talapoins and the poor , and quantities of ...
... body is delivered to those whose office it is to burn the dead , and these , placing it on a species of wooden rack , set fire to it ; while in the mean time the alms are distributed to the Talapoins and the poor , and quantities of ...
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