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Page 7
... looks . They had all adorned them- selves as much as possible : only a few of the women wore a cloth round the waist or over the breast ; but most of them were with- out any covering . Some of the men had by way of ornament a piece of ...
... looks . They had all adorned them- selves as much as possible : only a few of the women wore a cloth round the waist or over the breast ; but most of them were with- out any covering . Some of the men had by way of ornament a piece of ...
Page 8
... look , but in most a grave , gloomy , and cunning expression , shaded by their projecting foreheads . ' These Puris have no weapons but bows and arrows , which they carry in their hands : the bows are six or seven feet long , and the ...
... look , but in most a grave , gloomy , and cunning expression , shaded by their projecting foreheads . ' These Puris have no weapons but bows and arrows , which they carry in their hands : the bows are six or seven feet long , and the ...
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... look at the shores of Africa , America , or the West India islands , we shall find the infernal thirst of gold ex- tinguishing every feeling of humanity on the part of the European settlers , immense countries laid waste , and the ...
... look at the shores of Africa , America , or the West India islands , we shall find the infernal thirst of gold ex- tinguishing every feeling of humanity on the part of the European settlers , immense countries laid waste , and the ...
Page 13
... look , uttering tones of defiance , till heroic enthusiasm again seized them , and set their poles in motion . Meanwhile , the women also fought valiantly ; amidst continual weeping and howling , they seized each other by the hair ...
... look , uttering tones of defiance , till heroic enthusiasm again seized them , and set their poles in motion . Meanwhile , the women also fought valiantly ; amidst continual weeping and howling , they seized each other by the hair ...
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... look into the grounds of the opinions concerning that curious pretension , with the view of giving some account of its history and progress ; when a learned friend present- ed us one day , in order to cure our unbelief , with a copy of ...
... look into the grounds of the opinions concerning that curious pretension , with the view of giving some account of its history and progress ; when a learned friend present- ed us one day , in order to cure our unbelief , with a copy of ...
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