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... gods have given you a male child ; may he live for ever . " Another old woman said " It is a fine child ; - the gods give him long life ; may he always find plenty to eat and to put on ; may his granary be ever full . " Badan's mother ...
... gods have given you a male child ; may he live for ever . " Another old woman said " It is a fine child ; - the gods give him long life ; may he always find plenty to eat and to put on ; may his granary be ever full . " Badan's mother ...
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... God hath seyn byforn ; So strong it is , that though the world hadde sworn The contrarye of a thing by ye or nay , Yet somtym it schald falle upon a day That falleth nought eft in a thousend yeere . The Knighte's Tale . IN the ...
... God hath seyn byforn ; So strong it is , that though the world hadde sworn The contrarye of a thing by ye or nay , Yet somtym it schald falle upon a day That falleth nought eft in a thousend yeere . The Knighte's Tale . IN the ...
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... ( god ) ! I hope you have written favourably . ' The god knew me well , as he has often seen me , and told me what he had written on the forehead of the child , but on condition of the strictest secrecy . I dare not disclose it to you ...
... ( god ) ! I hope you have written favourably . ' The god knew me well , as he has often seen me , and told me what he had written on the forehead of the child , but on condition of the strictest secrecy . I dare not disclose it to you ...
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... god of day to do his worst . When the child was seven months old , and after the áus crop had been gathered in , came the ceremony of Annaprásana , or the Feast of Rice , generally called by women bhujno ( that is , bho- jana ) , or the ...
... god of day to do his worst . When the child was seven months old , and after the áus crop had been gathered in , came the ceremony of Annaprásana , or the Feast of Rice , generally called by women bhujno ( that is , bho- jana ) , or the ...
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... God - fearing men , men at whose birth , the sun , moon , the planets , and the zodiacal constellations shed their most benign influences ; and , I have no doubt that your son , whom , I understand , you have called Govinda , has been ...
... God - fearing men , men at whose birth , the sun , moon , the planets , and the zodiacal constellations shed their most benign influences ; and , I have no doubt that your son , whom , I understand , you have called Govinda , has been ...
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Govinda Sámanta: Or The History of a Bengal Ráiyat, Том 1 Lāl Behārī Day,Lālavihārı̄ De Повний перегляд - 1874 |
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