The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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Page 19
... custom as a part of their judicial scheme , that the " ordeal of combat " grows into an institution recog- nised by law . The duel of chivalry centering , as it often does , in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatist , around treason ...
... custom as a part of their judicial scheme , that the " ordeal of combat " grows into an institution recog- nised by law . The duel of chivalry centering , as it often does , in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatist , around treason ...
Page 35
... custom . In India especially , where young officers were invariably high - spirited and quarrelsome , duelling appears to have been re- garded as an ingrained element of soldierly feeling . Generals and governors everywhere were men of ...
... custom . In India especially , where young officers were invariably high - spirited and quarrelsome , duelling appears to have been re- garded as an ingrained element of soldierly feeling . Generals and governors everywhere were men of ...
Page 46
... customs , religions , the productions of art , science and philosophy and their thoughts and sentiments expressed either in prose or poetry . The civilisation of a nation depends upon the excellence of its literature and no nation can ...
... customs , religions , the productions of art , science and philosophy and their thoughts and sentiments expressed either in prose or poetry . The civilisation of a nation depends upon the excellence of its literature and no nation can ...
Page 59
... custom which establishes the Israelite extraction of the Afghans . - Every Kakar carries his own blood price called nek , probably from the Persian word neki which means a good turn because it patches up the quarrel . Tooth for tooth is ...
... custom which establishes the Israelite extraction of the Afghans . - Every Kakar carries his own blood price called nek , probably from the Persian word neki which means a good turn because it patches up the quarrel . Tooth for tooth is ...
Page 61
... customs of America , we are inclined to pronounce that man is born a poet . All the rites and ceremonies of religion have , from the earliest ages , been highly indebt- ed to this art and the cultivation of poetical talent has been ...
... customs of America , we are inclined to pronounce that man is born a poet . All the rites and ceremonies of religion have , from the earliest ages , been highly indebt- ed to this art and the cultivation of poetical talent has been ...
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