The Calcutta Review, Volumen8University of Calcutta., 1847 |
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... period of sojourn above the Ghats was thus untowardly shortened , it was improved to good purpose . A vast deal of new and valuable information was obtained , respecting the country and its inhabitants . The agent's success in this ...
... period of sojourn above the Ghats was thus untowardly shortened , it was improved to good purpose . A vast deal of new and valuable information was obtained , respecting the country and its inhabitants . The agent's success in this ...
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... period of the remotest antiquity , as they are seen at present , nearly isolated by manners , language , and preju- dices of race from the surrounding Hindu population ; while they have been until recently completely cut off by the ...
... period of the remotest antiquity , as they are seen at present , nearly isolated by manners , language , and preju- dices of race from the surrounding Hindu population ; while they have been until recently completely cut off by the ...
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... period in which the sacrifice was partly suppressed , and partly converted into a secret rite , in these districts , it is difficult to determine . I have been able to discover no Khond resident in them who professes to have , in any ...
... period in which the sacrifice was partly suppressed , and partly converted into a secret rite , in these districts , it is difficult to determine . I have been able to discover no Khond resident in them who professes to have , in any ...
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... settlement have been endless . It will , I hope , be possible to liberate the confined patriarchs with good effect a few months hence . " Having thus succeeded , at an earlier period than , 34 CAPTAIN MACPHERSON AND THE KHONDS .
... settlement have been endless . It will , I hope , be possible to liberate the confined patriarchs with good effect a few months hence . " Having thus succeeded , at an earlier period than , 34 CAPTAIN MACPHERSON AND THE KHONDS .
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Having thus succeeded , at an earlier period than , in his most sanguine mood , he had ever ventured to anticipate , in gaining the confidence of these wild and barbarous , though , in many respects , simple and unsophiscated people ...
Having thus succeeded , at an earlier period than , in his most sanguine mood , he had ever ventured to anticipate , in gaining the confidence of these wild and barbarous , though , in many respects , simple and unsophiscated people ...
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Página 392 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Página 405 - A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal.
Página 392 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Página 420 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then, the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Página 249 - WHO has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples, and grottos, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave...
Página 420 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 53 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Página 420 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part; the sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Página 420 - With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more : Now pall the tasteless meats and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach, ye minstrels, try the soothing strain, Diffuse the tuneful lenitives of pain : No sounds, alas ! would touch th...
Página 420 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.