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... Tree , · • • LECTURE ON WOMEN . Commencing at Page 129 . 58. Three Hindu Girls , educated at Burdwan , 59. Women of Calcutta , · • 60. Hindu Woman of Bengal , of high rank , in full dress , · 61. Mohammedan Woman of Bengal , of high ...
... Tree , · • • LECTURE ON WOMEN . Commencing at Page 129 . 58. Three Hindu Girls , educated at Burdwan , 59. Women of Calcutta , · • 60. Hindu Woman of Bengal , of high rank , in full dress , · 61. Mohammedan Woman of Bengal , of high ...
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... trees , and flowering shrubs . Most of the windows open into the court . As Hindu dwellings have few or no windows towards the street , they appear very much like prisons ; and , in some respects , they are prisons ; for within their ...
... trees , and flowering shrubs . Most of the windows open into the court . As Hindu dwellings have few or no windows towards the street , they appear very much like prisons ; and , in some respects , they are prisons ; for within their ...
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... tree in which evil spirits are supposed to reside . The infant is generally visited and fed by its mother for three days . If it be not devoured by ants nor birds of prey , nor die through exposure to the cold and the rain , it is ...
... tree in which evil spirits are supposed to reside . The infant is generally visited and fed by its mother for three days . If it be not devoured by ants nor birds of prey , nor die through exposure to the cold and the rain , it is ...
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... trees , in the engraving , are supposed to be the favorite resort of such departed spirits as , from various causes ... tree , and for ten successive days to bring offerings of water and rice , with a lighted lamp , for the benefit of ...
... trees , in the engraving , are supposed to be the favorite resort of such departed spirits as , from various causes ... tree , and for ten successive days to bring offerings of water and rice , with a lighted lamp , for the benefit of ...
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... Tree . " Branching so broad and long , that in the 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 ...
... Tree . " Branching so broad and long , that in the 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 ...
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