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... rule . " The vowel e , is always sounded as ea in " bear ; " and o as oa in " boat . " The consonants require very little notice . The combinations kh and gh are the only sounds that differ from our own ; kh is the German " ch " in ...
... rule . " The vowel e , is always sounded as ea in " bear ; " and o as oa in " boat . " The consonants require very little notice . The combinations kh and gh are the only sounds that differ from our own ; kh is the German " ch " in ...
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... rule each Purana treats of the creation of the Universe , its progress and dissolution or renovation , the genealogy of the Gods , and interminable legends of fabulous heroes and warriors . Next to the Purānas may be classed the two ...
... rule each Purana treats of the creation of the Universe , its progress and dissolution or renovation , the genealogy of the Gods , and interminable legends of fabulous heroes and warriors . Next to the Purānas may be classed the two ...
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... rule is extremely obscure . " Now , it so happens , that , instead of being obscure , it affords us a ray of light of no small importance . We learn from it that the ad- verse forces of each party were those on the right and left of the ...
... rule is extremely obscure . " Now , it so happens , that , instead of being obscure , it affords us a ray of light of no small importance . We learn from it that the ad- verse forces of each party were those on the right and left of the ...
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... rule observed among the natives of India , when playing their own game , that , when the weaker party has only one piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It ...
... rule observed among the natives of India , when playing their own game , that , when the weaker party has only one piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It ...
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... rules of it , and had sent them to Jayanagar , at the request of the late Rājā , who had liberally rewarded them . " Since the days of Sir William Jones a great change has taken place in India . Many of the higher classes of Hindus are ...
... rules of it , and had sent them to Jayanagar , at the request of the late Rājā , who had liberally rewarded them . " Since the days of Sir William Jones a great change has taken place in India . Many of the higher classes of Hindus are ...
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