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Page 61
... blood of the victims of her fury , whom she is supposed to devour by thousands . Her ear orna- ments are composed of human carcasses . The girdle about her waist consists of the bloody hands of giants slain by her in single combat , and ...
... blood of the victims of her fury , whom she is supposed to devour by thousands . Her ear orna- ments are composed of human carcasses . The girdle about her waist consists of the bloody hands of giants slain by her in single combat , and ...
Page 66
... blood from it upon his garment , he thrust it again into his tongue . Others were drawing living ser- pents through their tongues and dancing around like maniacs . In the streets through which the processions passed were devotees , with ...
... blood from it upon his garment , he thrust it again into his tongue . Others were drawing living ser- pents through their tongues and dancing around like maniacs . In the streets through which the processions passed were devotees , with ...
Page 77
... blood . Mr. Smith also stated that , soon after he commenced his mis- sionary labors in Benares , the Brahmins murdered a celebrated dan- cing girl in this temple , for the sake of the jewels which decorated her person . To prevent ...
... blood . Mr. Smith also stated that , soon after he commenced his mis- sionary labors in Benares , the Brahmins murdered a celebrated dan- cing girl in this temple , for the sake of the jewels which decorated her person . To prevent ...
Page 81
... blood . Mothers are the executioners of their own children . They either strangle them or poison them with opium . That they should be the agents in sustaining so horrid a custom is the more extraordinary when the fact is known that ...
... blood . Mothers are the executioners of their own children . They either strangle them or poison them with opium . That they should be the agents in sustaining so horrid a custom is the more extraordinary when the fact is known that ...
Page 82
... blood ! No sire , no matron , rears him as a son ; His flesh , and blood , his life , and all , are thine . Without the pale of sacred wedlock born , We caught and reared him for thy rite alone . Now , too , with rites from all ...
... blood ! No sire , no matron , rears him as a son ; His flesh , and blood , his life , and all , are thine . Without the pale of sacred wedlock born , We caught and reared him for thy rite alone . Now , too , with rites from all ...
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