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... earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee , O Sakoon talá ! ' and all at once is said . " GOETHE . [ How AN ANCIENT LITERATURE DID MORE THAN GREAT ARMIES COULD . - When the people of Hindústán , in the last century ...
... earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee , O Sakoon talá ! ' and all at once is said . " GOETHE . [ How AN ANCIENT LITERATURE DID MORE THAN GREAT ARMIES COULD . - When the people of Hindústán , in the last century ...
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... earth , Was found and nurtured by the holy man As his own daughter , in this hermitage ; - So , when dissevered from its parent stalk , Some falling blossom of the jasmine , wafted Upon the sturdy sun - flower , is preserved By its ...
... earth , Was found and nurtured by the holy man As his own daughter , in this hermitage ; - So , when dissevered from its parent stalk , Some falling blossom of the jasmine , wafted Upon the sturdy sun - flower , is preserved By its ...
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... earth , because the sage Viswamitra commanded him to mount up to heaven , and the gods ordered him down again . KING . I am certainly very much perplexed . For here , Two different duties are required of me In widely distant places ...
... earth , because the sage Viswamitra commanded him to mount up to heaven , and the gods ordered him down again . KING . I am certainly very much perplexed . For here , Two different duties are required of me In widely distant places ...
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... earth , had not Bráhma appeared and assigned the ocean as its habitation , and the waves as its food . The spot where it entered the sea was called " the mare's mouth . " Doubtless the story was invented to suit the phenomenon of some ...
... earth , had not Bráhma appeared and assigned the ocean as its habitation , and the waves as its food . The spot where it entered the sea was called " the mare's mouth . " Doubtless the story was invented to suit the phenomenon of some ...
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... earth in summer's dazzling noon , And grateful showers dispel the morning heat . SAKOONTALA . You must consent , then , dear friends , to contrive some means by which I may find favor with the King , or you will have ere long to assist ...
... earth in summer's dazzling noon , And grateful showers dispel the morning heat . SAKOONTALA . You must consent , then , dear friends , to contrive some means by which I may find favor with the King , or you will have ere long to assist ...
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