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Page 19
The duel of chivalry centering , as it often does , in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatist , around treason charges and political wrangles generally , appears to be but a modification of the early German idea and passes away ...
The duel of chivalry centering , as it often does , in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatist , around treason charges and political wrangles generally , appears to be but a modification of the early German idea and passes away ...
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In India especially , officers were invariably high - spirited and quarrelsome , duelling appears to have been regarded as an ingrained element of soldierly feeling Generals and governors everywhere were men of the old school with ideas ...
In India especially , officers were invariably high - spirited and quarrelsome , duelling appears to have been regarded as an ingrained element of soldierly feeling Generals and governors everywhere were men of the old school with ideas ...
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... interpreted as showing at a glance how the human mind had travelled from the simplicity of nature worship to grasp the most intricate and complicated problem of metaphysics — the idea of the Creator from His works of creation .
... interpreted as showing at a glance how the human mind had travelled from the simplicity of nature worship to grasp the most intricate and complicated problem of metaphysics — the idea of the Creator from His works of creation .
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Manu's Code , according to Mr. Elphinstone , seems rather to be the work of a learned Brahman designed to set forth his idea of a perfect commonwealth under Hindu institution . On this supposition it would show the state 48 THE CALCUTTA ...
Manu's Code , according to Mr. Elphinstone , seems rather to be the work of a learned Brahman designed to set forth his idea of a perfect commonwealth under Hindu institution . On this supposition it would show the state 48 THE CALCUTTA ...
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We may learn English because it is the language of our rulers , because it unfolds to us ideas and thoughts of Western civilisation and because so long as the unification of Indian dialects is not brought about , it will best serve as a ...
We may learn English because it is the language of our rulers , because it unfolds to us ideas and thoughts of Western civilisation and because so long as the unification of Indian dialects is not brought about , it will best serve as a ...
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