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... favourite Nandana , and the minister having answered that the king may dis- pose of his daughter as he pleases , the lovers are thrown into great agitation . Camandaci then contrives another interview between them in a public garden ...
... favourite Nandana , and the minister having answered that the king may dis- pose of his daughter as he pleases , the lovers are thrown into great agitation . Camandaci then contrives another interview between them in a public garden ...
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... - vel in search of her , accompanied only by his friend Macaranda . While reposing under a tree in the forests of the Vindhya mountains , the veys favourite overhears two birds discoursing , and learns from LETTERS ON INDIA . 45.
... - vel in search of her , accompanied only by his friend Macaranda . While reposing under a tree in the forests of the Vindhya mountains , the veys favourite overhears two birds discoursing , and learns from LETTERS ON INDIA . 45.
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Lady Maria Callcott. veys favourite overhears two birds discoursing , and learns from them that the princess Vasavadatta had refused the hands of many suitors , having seen prince Candarpa - cetu in a dream , wherein she not only became ...
Lady Maria Callcott. veys favourite overhears two birds discoursing , and learns from them that the princess Vasavadatta had refused the hands of many suitors , having seen prince Candarpa - cetu in a dream , wherein she not only became ...
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... favourite Sacontala , there is a chorus of wood - nymphs in the groves , and an- other of minstrels in the palace ; and the poets fable , that the court of the great deity on Kai- lassa , is the abode of the gandhavas or musi- cians ...
... favourite Sacontala , there is a chorus of wood - nymphs in the groves , and an- other of minstrels in the palace ; and the poets fable , that the court of the great deity on Kai- lassa , is the abode of the gandhavas or musi- cians ...
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... favourites , with whose name I conclude this letter , the subject of which is peculiarly his own . LETTER VI . You flatter me extremely by desiring the continuance of so grave a correspondence as mine on the subject of India has ...
... favourites , with whose name I conclude this letter , the subject of which is peculiarly his own . LETTER VI . You flatter me extremely by desiring the continuance of so grave a correspondence as mine on the subject of India has ...
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