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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographic ... - Page 52
by Thomas Maurice - 1806
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 5

Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 322 pages
...pilgrims come from all parts of the peninsula to worsnip at Seringham, but none without an ollering of money ; that a large part of the revenue of the...with their families formerly composed a multitude of forty thousand souls, who were maintained without labour, by the liberality of superstition. The...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 3

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 456 pages
...parts of the peninsula come here to obtain absolution, and none come without an offering of money; and a large part of the revenue of the island is allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmans who inhabit the Pagoda; and these, with their families, formerly composed a multitude of not...
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The Works of William Robertson: Historical disquisition concerning the ...

William Robertson, Alexander Stewart - America - 1820 - 430 pages
...parts of the Peninsula come here to obtain absolution, and none come without an offering of money ; and a large part of the revenue of the island is allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit the Pagoda ; and these, with their families, formerly composed a multitude not less than forty thousand...
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The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 10

William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - America - 1821 - 402 pages
...the pen" insula come here to obtain absolution, and none *' come without an offering of money ; and a large " part of the revenue of the island is allotted...for " the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit the " Pagoda ; and these with their families formerly " composed a multitude of not less than forty...
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An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had ...

William Robertson - India - 1822 - 368 pages
...parts of the peninsula come here to obtain absolution, and none come without an offering of money ; and a large part of the revenue of the island is allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit the Pagoda ; and these, with their families, formerly composed a multitude not less than forty thousand...
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The Works of Wm. Robertson, D.D.: History of America, books IX-X. An ...

William Robertson - America - 1825 - 460 pages
...parts of the peninsula come here to obtain absolution, and none come without an offering of money ; and a large part of the revenue of the island is allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit the pagoda; and these, with their families, formerly composed a multitude of not less than forty thousand...
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Works, Volume 8

William Robertson - America - 1825 - 466 pages
...parts of the peninsula come here to obtain absolution, and none come without an offering of money ; and a large part of the revenue of the island is allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmins who inhabit the pagoda; and these, with their families, formerly composed a multitude of not less than forty thousand...
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The History of Scotland, and an Historical Disquisition Concerning Ancient India

William Robertson - Scotland - 1828 - 746 pages
...parts of the peninsula cuiue here to obtain absolution, and none come without an ollering of money; and ghteen. As her manners were •naturally affable and insinuating, she treated him with the most flatt the pagoda ; and these, with their families, formerly composed a multitude of not less than forly thousand...
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History of Priestcraft in All Ages and Nations

William Howitt - Anti-clericalism - 1833 - 276 pages
...numbers accommodated in the body of the great ones was astonishing. He acquaints us that pilgrims came from all parts of the peninsula to worship at that...with . their families, formerly composed a multitude, not less in number than forty thousand souls, supported without labour, by the liberality of superstition....
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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI ...

William Robertson - Scotland - 1835 - 626 pages
...of the peninsula come here to obtain absolution, and none come without an offering of money ¡ and a large part of the revenue of the island is allotted for the maintenance of the Brahmins \vhu inhabit the Pagoda ¡ and these with their families formerly composed a multitude of not less...
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