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... sacred groves and ca- verned rocks , where , surrounded by their pupils and their slaves , they cultivated poetry , music , and astronomy ; and only deigned to appear in the active world to receive the homage of a court , and direct its ...
... sacred groves and ca- verned rocks , where , surrounded by their pupils and their slaves , they cultivated poetry , music , and astronomy ; and only deigned to appear in the active world to receive the homage of a court , and direct its ...
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... , and the second , by Mr. Carey , is partly a translation , partly original , from the Gram- mars used in Bengal , where the teachers have unfortunately accommodated the sacred lan- guage to the vernacular idiom 18 LETTERS ON INDIA .
... , and the second , by Mr. Carey , is partly a translation , partly original , from the Gram- mars used in Bengal , where the teachers have unfortunately accommodated the sacred lan- guage to the vernacular idiom 18 LETTERS ON INDIA .
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Lady Maria Callcott. unfortunately accommodated the sacred lan- guage to the vernacular idiom and pronuncia- tion . A Sanscrit Grammar , by Mr. Wilkins , appeared in the same year , which has the cha- racter , among the learned , of ...
Lady Maria Callcott. unfortunately accommodated the sacred lan- guage to the vernacular idiom and pronuncia- tion . A Sanscrit Grammar , by Mr. Wilkins , appeared in the same year , which has the cha- racter , among the learned , of ...
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... sacred books of the Hindoos , and content myself at present with profaner poems . But , before I proceed , I must say one word of the Sanscrit prosody , which is said to be richer in variations of metre than any other known language ...
... sacred books of the Hindoos , and content myself at present with profaner poems . But , before I proceed , I must say one word of the Sanscrit prosody , which is said to be richer in variations of metre than any other known language ...
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... sacred grove . Dushmanta , in order not to violate the holy place , dismisses his charioteer and advances alone in the direction of some female voices , and discovers Sacontala , a young princess under the guardianship of the high ...
... sacred grove . Dushmanta , in order not to violate the holy place , dismisses his charioteer and advances alone in the direction of some female voices , and discovers Sacontala , a young princess under the guardianship of the high ...
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