The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and AustraliaParbury, Allen, and Company, 1836 - Asia |
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... ladies endeavour to heighten their beauty by the aid of art ; but not always with effect , some being so injudicious as to blacken their teeth . Naturally , the teeth of the natives of India are very beautiful , and the rows of even ...
... ladies endeavour to heighten their beauty by the aid of art ; but not always with effect , some being so injudicious as to blacken their teeth . Naturally , the teeth of the natives of India are very beautiful , and the rows of even ...
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... lady had some hundred yards of this muslin folded around her . These sarees are also beauti- fully embroidered . The ground - work of the bordering of the ladies ' dresses in India , is sometimes of seed - pearls , a gem which enters ...
... lady had some hundred yards of this muslin folded around her . These sarees are also beauti- fully embroidered . The ground - work of the bordering of the ladies ' dresses in India , is sometimes of seed - pearls , a gem which enters ...
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... lady , named Kundoo , made the upper provinces ring with the fame of her empire over the heart of a young prince , Fyz Tulub Khan , the heir of Jigur . Having had a quarrel with her paramour , she quitted his zenana , and flying to ...
... lady , named Kundoo , made the upper provinces ring with the fame of her empire over the heart of a young prince , Fyz Tulub Khan , the heir of Jigur . Having had a quarrel with her paramour , she quitted his zenana , and flying to ...
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... lady , to whom he made an offer of marriage . The Hindoo gave no opposition to this union , and the bridegroom never for an instant suspected how deeply and direfully she was affected by it . Time passed on , and the birth of a child ...
... lady , to whom he made an offer of marriage . The Hindoo gave no opposition to this union , and the bridegroom never for an instant suspected how deeply and direfully she was affected by it . Time passed on , and the birth of a child ...
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... lady , the wife of a civilian of Agra , proceeding one evening to visit the mausoleum of Akbar at Secundra , a few miles from that station , was surprised to find the whole of the park sur- rounding the building transformed into a camp ...
... lady , the wife of a civilian of Agra , proceeding one evening to visit the mausoleum of Akbar at Secundra , a few miles from that station , was surprised to find the whole of the park sur- rounding the building transformed into a camp ...
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Page 176 - That wondrous Paterne, wheresoere it bee, Whether in earth layd up in secret store, Or else in heaven, that no man may it see With sinfull eyes, for feare it to deflore, Is perfect Beautie, which all men adore; Whose face and feature doth so much excell All mortal sence, that none the same may tell.