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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... hand before dismissing a soul to another flight and another change of dwelling . In this , as in other Indian subjects , a vast and most various population has been labelled with attri- butes that belong to a few of the upper classes ...
... hand before dismissing a soul to another flight and another change of dwelling . In this , as in other Indian subjects , a vast and most various population has been labelled with attri- butes that belong to a few of the upper classes ...
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... hand " worshippers . Here it may be remarked that the " official " books of mythology , etc. , are no guide to modern practice , or to a comprehension of modern life . Modern Hinduism , as Sir Monier M. Williams has well said , is " a ...
... hand " worshippers . Here it may be remarked that the " official " books of mythology , etc. , are no guide to modern practice , or to a comprehension of modern life . Modern Hinduism , as Sir Monier M. Williams has well said , is " a ...
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... hand , is familiar with slaughter in a most revolting form , performed as an act of sacrifice . When we talk of sacrifice we think of the grave and decent solemnities described in the Bible or in Homer . Such ideas are rudely dispelled ...
... hand , is familiar with slaughter in a most revolting form , performed as an act of sacrifice . When we talk of sacrifice we think of the grave and decent solemnities described in the Bible or in Homer . Such ideas are rudely dispelled ...
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... hand observation and accurate statement of fact seem almost impossible to the Oriental , and education has not hitherto availed to help him . In the West public instruction becomes more real and vital year by year , but in the East it ...
... hand observation and accurate statement of fact seem almost impossible to the Oriental , and education has not hitherto availed to help him . In the West public instruction becomes more real and vital year by year , but in the East it ...
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... each trick . It is seldom a bird in native hands speaks really well . Orientals are easily contented , and , though they can take pains in some matters , are inclined to think that parrot speech comes , as Dogberry. II 23 OF BIRDS.
... each trick . It is seldom a bird in native hands speaks really well . Orientals are easily contented , and , though they can take pains in some matters , are inclined to think that parrot speech comes , as Dogberry. II 23 OF BIRDS.
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