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... given to a play upon words . The wit lies in the equivocal sense of some parti- cular expression , by means of which an incon- gruous , and therefore ludicrous idea is unexpectedly shot into the sentence . One or two examples will make ...
... given to a play upon words . The wit lies in the equivocal sense of some parti- cular expression , by means of which an incon- gruous , and therefore ludicrous idea is unexpectedly shot into the sentence . One or two examples will make ...
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... given to lower course , is called the Ghara . In shape , the on the E. and S. E. by the Sutlej , which , in its the three great wars wared for supremacy between territory of the P. resembles an isosceles triangle , Rome and Carthage ...
... given to lower course , is called the Ghara . In shape , the on the E. and S. E. by the Sutlej , which , in its the three great wars wared for supremacy between territory of the P. resembles an isosceles triangle , Rome and Carthage ...
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... given to this term by his commentators , there would have been Purân'as about 1900 or 1600 years ago ; but none of these have descended to our time in the shape it then possessed . mind , and unscrupulous in the use of the means which ...
... given to this term by his commentators , there would have been Purân'as about 1900 or 1600 years ago ; but none of these have descended to our time in the shape it then possessed . mind , and unscrupulous in the use of the means which ...
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... given by the late Professor H. H. Wilson , in his preface to his translation of the Vishnu - P .; and to it , as well as to his detailed account of some Purân'as in separate essays ( collected in his works ) , we must therefore refer ...
... given by the late Professor H. H. Wilson , in his preface to his translation of the Vishnu - P .; and to it , as well as to his detailed account of some Purân'as in separate essays ( collected in his works ) , we must therefore refer ...
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... given , according to the popularity of a regiment , but this is only sub rosa . The value of commissions in the Guards is also greater ; but as they constitute but a few regiments , and are mostly officered from the nobility , they do ...
... given , according to the popularity of a regiment , but this is only sub rosa . The value of commissions in the Guards is also greater ; but as they constitute but a few regiments , and are mostly officered from the nobility , they do ...
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