The Calcutta Review, Volume 8University of Calcutta, 1847 - India |
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Page 11
... necessary to the Gods for food - that its suppression by the Government would be as unjust as the abolition of the Hindu worship at Púrí ( Jugernath ) and that they ( the Khonds ) were willing to submit to a decree which should include ...
... necessary to the Gods for food - that its suppression by the Government would be as unjust as the abolition of the Hindu worship at Púrí ( Jugernath ) and that they ( the Khonds ) were willing to submit to a decree which should include ...
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... necessary . And here , at the outset , it is important to keep in mind that the views of Captain Macpherson have not originated as of yes- terday . These views , whatever may be thought of them now , were formed , after a careful survey ...
... necessary . And here , at the outset , it is important to keep in mind that the views of Captain Macpherson have not originated as of yes- terday . These views , whatever may be thought of them now , were formed , after a careful survey ...
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... necessary objects he conceives to be the follow- ing : -1st , " as a matter of policy to induce their acknowledgement of our supremacy , and to establish relations with them as subjects which shall supersede their exclusive relations ...
... necessary objects he conceives to be the follow- ing : -1st , " as a matter of policy to induce their acknowledgement of our supremacy , and to establish relations with them as subjects which shall supersede their exclusive relations ...
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... necessary to the formation of any plan of operations . They may themselves be powerfully acted on by honorary gifts and privileges , or by the prospect of a remission of tribute in the event of success . In order , however , to the ...
... necessary to the formation of any plan of operations . They may themselves be powerfully acted on by honorary gifts and privileges , or by the prospect of a remission of tribute in the event of success . In order , however , to the ...
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... necessary requisition could not at the moment be effectually made in Goomsur for the fulfilment of the condition stipulated , and so the victims were not liberated ; and the tribes were left bewildered between the apparently discrepant ...
... necessary requisition could not at the moment be effectually made in Goomsur for the fulfilment of the condition stipulated , and so the victims were not liberated ; and the tribes were left bewildered between the apparently discrepant ...
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Page 420 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then, the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
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Page 420 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.