Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... heads to which we have already alluded , viz : crimes and misdemeanors . In the Appendix * to the Prison Discipline Report of 1838 , may be found a very ably - penned communication from the Magistrate of Shahabad to the Officiating ...
... heads to which we have already alluded , viz : crimes and misdemeanors . In the Appendix * to the Prison Discipline Report of 1838 , may be found a very ably - penned communication from the Magistrate of Shahabad to the Officiating ...
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... head , and which , when directed to the lands more interesting to Christian people than all others , caused all eyes to turn towards Eliot Warburton , and which , exhibited still more dis- tinctly by Mr. Kinglake , have made the name of ...
... head , and which , when directed to the lands more interesting to Christian people than all others , caused all eyes to turn towards Eliot Warburton , and which , exhibited still more dis- tinctly by Mr. Kinglake , have made the name of ...
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... heads to the blue heaven in silent grandeur , crowned with eternal snow . The wide - spread valleys of Cash- mere and the Dhoon are not less lovely than that of Samarkand , or even than the far - famed vale of Tempe itself . Benares ...
... heads to the blue heaven in silent grandeur , crowned with eternal snow . The wide - spread valleys of Cash- mere and the Dhoon are not less lovely than that of Samarkand , or even than the far - famed vale of Tempe itself . Benares ...
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... heads , rises to the height of twelve feet . The central head , which fronts the entrance , is that of Brahma , the Creator , whose large , calm features , are settled in the repose of con- scious power , as if creation were to him ...
... heads , rises to the height of twelve feet . The central head , which fronts the entrance , is that of Brahma , the Creator , whose large , calm features , are settled in the repose of con- scious power , as if creation were to him ...
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... head is turned so present the profile . His features are totally different from the other two . His forehead is stern , ridged at the eyebrows ; his nose strong- ly aquiline , and his lips slightly parted , so as to show his teeth set ...
... head is turned so present the profile . His features are totally different from the other two . His forehead is stern , ridged at the eyebrows ; his nose strong- ly aquiline , and his lips slightly parted , so as to show his teeth set ...
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