Beast and Man in India: A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in Their Relations with the PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1891 - 401 páginas |
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... expression for their conversation when it is pretty and respectful . 66 “ Parrot eyed " is a common phrase for an un- grateful or deceitful person , not , as might be imagined , from the expression of the bird's eyes , but because ...
... expression for their conversation when it is pretty and respectful . 66 “ Parrot eyed " is a common phrase for an un- grateful or deceitful person , not , as might be imagined , from the expression of the bird's eyes , but because ...
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... spendthrifts ; when do you find money in a Mussulman's house ? Of a lover devoted to a gay lady the same expression is used . The paras or philosopher's stone is said in a proverb to be in the kite's nest , 38 CHAP . BEAST AND MAN.
... spendthrifts ; when do you find money in a Mussulman's house ? Of a lover devoted to a gay lady the same expression is used . The paras or philosopher's stone is said in a proverb to be in the kite's nest , 38 CHAP . BEAST AND MAN.
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... expression is the ironical Indian phrase : " The saintly heron , " or " saintly as a heron . " A heron poised on one leg in a remote corner of a pool is the very image of a Hindu Sādhu or Muhammadan faqir , pretending to be absorbed in ...
... expression is the ironical Indian phrase : " The saintly heron , " or " saintly as a heron . " A heron poised on one leg in a remote corner of a pool is the very image of a Hindu Sādhu or Muhammadan faqir , pretending to be absorbed in ...
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... expressing that one is dis- satisfied with his own havings , is : " A house fowl ( one you have bred yourself ) is no better than pulse . " To one who hesitates to chastise a child they say : " The chick doesn't die from a hen's kick ...
... expressing that one is dis- satisfied with his own havings , is : " A house fowl ( one you have bred yourself ) is no better than pulse . " To one who hesitates to chastise a child they say : " The chick doesn't die from a hen's kick ...
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... expression of regret for a foolish bargain . Ancient European bestiaries say when the peacock wakes it cries and mourns its lost beauty . In Assam they say with reference to vain people : " If I must die , I must die , but don't touch ...
... expression of regret for a foolish bargain . Ancient European bestiaries say when the peacock wakes it cries and mourns its lost beauty . In Assam they say with reference to vain people : " If I must die , I must die , but don't touch ...
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