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Page 73
... ground , and , stretching forward his hands , laid down a small stone ; he then struck his head three times against the earth , arose , walked to the stone , and , picking it up , again prostrated himself , as before ; and thus ...
... ground , and , stretching forward his hands , laid down a small stone ; he then struck his head three times against the earth , arose , walked to the stone , and , picking it up , again prostrated himself , as before ; and thus ...
Page 90
... ground , beaten hard , and covered with lime cement , serves as a floor , which , at night , is strewed with travellers of all classes and of both sexes , wrapped separately in their various - colored cotton cloths , and lying side by ...
... ground , beaten hard , and covered with lime cement , serves as a floor , which , at night , is strewed with travellers of all classes and of both sexes , wrapped separately in their various - colored cotton cloths , and lying side by ...
Page 97
... ground , and wallow in the pools of warm blood flowing from the slaughtered animals . Then , leaping upon their feet , reeking with gore and filth , they jump and frolic , and twist themselves into the most wanton attitudes , and ...
... ground , and wallow in the pools of warm blood flowing from the slaughtered animals . Then , leaping upon their feet , reeking with gore and filth , they jump and frolic , and twist themselves into the most wanton attitudes , and ...
Page 118
... ground , that it might be- come an evil spirit and torment a certain person by whom he imagined himself injured . Another little girl was , by her own father , beheaded with an axe . Another was stabbed to the heart , with a dagger ...
... ground , that it might be- come an evil spirit and torment a certain person by whom he imagined himself injured . Another little girl was , by her own father , beheaded with an axe . Another was stabbed to the heart , with a dagger ...
Page 127
... ground The bending twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade , High overarched , with echoing walks between . " LECTURE ON THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IN INDIA , AND. No. 56. Saugor Island . Three Hindu ...
... ground The bending twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade , High overarched , with echoing walks between . " LECTURE ON THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IN INDIA , AND. No. 56. Saugor Island . Three Hindu ...
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