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... Bengali does not court at all . Marriage is an affair managed entirely by the parents and guardians of bachelors and spinsters , coupled with the good offices of a professional person , whom the reader may meet with in the course of ...
... Bengali does not court at all . Marriage is an affair managed entirely by the parents and guardians of bachelors and spinsters , coupled with the good offices of a professional person , whom the reader may meet with in the course of ...
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... Bengali women , and had a slender figure ; —indeed , her limbs seemed to be as thin and shrivelled as the dry stalks of the lotos . For some reason or other she had very few teeth in her head , and those few at a great distance from one ...
... Bengali women , and had a slender figure ; —indeed , her limbs seemed to be as thin and shrivelled as the dry stalks of the lotos . For some reason or other she had very few teeth in her head , and those few at a great distance from one ...
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... , and other necessaries of Bengali life . The villagers , however , are supplied with vegetables , clothes , cutlery , spices , and a thousand knick - knacks , VOL . I. twice a - week , from a hát , or III . ] 17 A VILLAGE IN BENGAL .
... , and other necessaries of Bengali life . The villagers , however , are supplied with vegetables , clothes , cutlery , spices , and a thousand knick - knacks , VOL . I. twice a - week , from a hát , or III . ] 17 A VILLAGE IN BENGAL .
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... Bengali husbandman substitutes the bábul , or rather bábla , as the Vardhamána peasant calls it the Acacia Arabica of botanists . The wooden coulter is shod with iron , which serves the purpose of the " shining share . ” The plough ...
... Bengali husbandman substitutes the bábul , or rather bábla , as the Vardhamána peasant calls it the Acacia Arabica of botanists . The wooden coulter is shod with iron , which serves the purpose of the " shining share . ” The plough ...
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... Bengali , strong - built , had a rather high forehead , and large , bright eyes , and his body , especially his chest , was thickly covered with hair . Gayárám resembled Badan in features , though they had not become so hard through ...
... Bengali , strong - built , had a rather high forehead , and large , bright eyes , and his body , especially his chest , was thickly covered with hair . Gayárám resembled Badan in features , though they had not become so hard through ...
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