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THE HE practice of deciding disputes by an appeal to single combat dates back to remote antiquity . It is not , however , till the Teutons begin to incorporate the custom as a part of their judicial scheme , that the " ordeal of combat ...
THE HE practice of deciding disputes by an appeal to single combat dates back to remote antiquity . It is not , however , till the Teutons begin to incorporate the custom as a part of their judicial scheme , that the " ordeal of combat ...
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Though military men all over India were excessively addicted to the practice , duelling was by no means a monopoly of the warrior caste . Civilians were often involved and Calcutta records teem with notices of affairs in which officers ...
Though military men all over India were excessively addicted to the practice , duelling was by no means a monopoly of the warrior caste . Civilians were often involved and Calcutta records teem with notices of affairs in which officers ...
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Although the decay of the practice of duelling in Great Britain was inevitably followed by its decay in India , the death of the duel was a lingering one . According to the second and fifth of “ the articles made by His Majesty for the ...
Although the decay of the practice of duelling in Great Britain was inevitably followed by its decay in India , the death of the duel was a lingering one . According to the second and fifth of “ the articles made by His Majesty for the ...
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This practice of burying images appears to have become completely extinct about 700 A. D. * SECTION II .-- ANIMAL - LORE AND TREE - CULT . Japanese Belief in Mythical Animals . The Japanese believe in the existence of some mythical ...
This practice of burying images appears to have become completely extinct about 700 A. D. * SECTION II .-- ANIMAL - LORE AND TREE - CULT . Japanese Belief in Mythical Animals . The Japanese believe in the existence of some mythical ...
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This custom gave rise to the practice , so often referred to in ancient Japanese documents , of each new Emperor occupying a different palace from that of his predecessor The Japanese have also a curious superstition about fighting with ...
This custom gave rise to the practice , so often referred to in ancient Japanese documents , of each new Emperor occupying a different palace from that of his predecessor The Japanese have also a curious superstition about fighting with ...
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