Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India, Част 68, Том 1Richard Bentley, 1834 |
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... respective classes ; they all produce the palm - wine , and are generally in- cluded under the name of palms , or palmetos : their leaves are used instead of paper , by the natives on the Malabar coast , and the inhabitants of the ...
... respective classes ; they all produce the palm - wine , and are generally in- cluded under the name of palms , or palmetos : their leaves are used instead of paper , by the natives on the Malabar coast , and the inhabitants of the ...
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... respective duennas , who are always ready to attend for hire at weddings , and other festivities ; or to finish the evening entertainment of the Europeans and natives ; and many of them accompany the Asiatic armies to the field . · The ...
... respective duennas , who are always ready to attend for hire at weddings , and other festivities ; or to finish the evening entertainment of the Europeans and natives ; and many of them accompany the Asiatic armies to the field . · The ...
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... respective houses to enjoy a siesta , and return after a walk or ride in the country , to pass the remain- der of the evening , and sup where they had dined . Our rural excursions in that climate are early in the morning , or after the ...
... respective houses to enjoy a siesta , and return after a walk or ride in the country , to pass the remain- der of the evening , and sup where they had dined . Our rural excursions in that climate are early in the morning , or after the ...
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... from their respective portals . The contest , which lasted a long time , consisted of wrestling , boxing , and similar feats : in boxing , one hand was guarded by a case of horn or JOURNEY TO BOMBAY . 117 wood , with a convex.
... from their respective portals . The contest , which lasted a long time , consisted of wrestling , boxing , and similar feats : in boxing , one hand was guarded by a case of horn or JOURNEY TO BOMBAY . 117 wood , with a convex.
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... respective dioceses , at stated seasons , to visit the inferior priests , and admi- nister particular rites at the Hindoo temples . Those of the greatest sanctity make more extensive pilgrim- ages , to perform the upaseyda , and other ...
... respective dioceses , at stated seasons , to visit the inferior priests , and admi- nister particular rites at the Hindoo temples . Those of the greatest sanctity make more extensive pilgrim- ages , to perform the upaseyda , and other ...
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Страница 194 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
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