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Lady Maria Callcott. In 2008 , 13.5 G. WOODFALL , Printer , Angel - court , Skinner - street , London . PREFACE . THE indulgence with which the Public received the.
Lady Maria Callcott. In 2008 , 13.5 G. WOODFALL , Printer , Angel - court , Skinner - street , London . PREFACE . THE indulgence with which the Public received the.
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... court , and direct its monarchs ; or sometimes to pronounce on them the malediction , which was almost sure to be followed by the desertion of their servants and the rebellion of their subjects . It was in these retirements that , given ...
... court , and direct its monarchs ; or sometimes to pronounce on them the malediction , which was almost sure to be followed by the desertion of their servants and the rebellion of their subjects . It was in these retirements that , given ...
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... court of Vrcramaditya * , and who was either a Jaina or a Baud'ha : his work has passed through the hands of numerous commentators , and many vocabu- laries have been formed to supply its deficiences , besides various nomenclatures ...
... court of Vrcramaditya * , and who was either a Jaina or a Baud'ha : his work has passed through the hands of numerous commentators , and many vocabu- laries have been formed to supply its deficiences , besides various nomenclatures ...
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... court , and introduce you if you have not already introduced yourself to the elegant Calidas , and the pious and venerable Valmiki . The Indian poetry is rich , high , and varied , abounding in luxuriant descriptions , and occa ...
... court , and introduce you if you have not already introduced yourself to the elegant Calidas , and the pious and venerable Valmiki . The Indian poetry is rich , high , and varied , abounding in luxuriant descriptions , and occa ...
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... court of the monarch whose actions he has immortalized , and whose reign Major Wilford places at least fifteen cen- turies before Christ . Besides the mere subject of the poem , there are many curious topics treated of in the Ra- mayuna ...
... court of the monarch whose actions he has immortalized , and whose reign Major Wilford places at least fifteen cen- turies before Christ . Besides the mere subject of the poem , there are many curious topics treated of in the Ra- mayuna ...
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