The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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Page 55
... seen every year in the streets of Quetta when the grand jirga , the local judicial tribunal of the leading chiefs of Baluchistan , meets to expound the Rawaj ( customary law ) of the country . He is a rough sort of person wearing long ...
... seen every year in the streets of Quetta when the grand jirga , the local judicial tribunal of the leading chiefs of Baluchistan , meets to expound the Rawaj ( customary law ) of the country . He is a rough sort of person wearing long ...
Page 60
... who have seen the Kaffir's horse which ambles at a terrific speed and his cities out of which hundreds of his villages could be carved out . KAZI MIR AHMAD . Art . VI . - THE CHARMS OF POETRY . 60 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW .
... who have seen the Kaffir's horse which ambles at a terrific speed and his cities out of which hundreds of his villages could be carved out . KAZI MIR AHMAD . Art . VI . - THE CHARMS OF POETRY . 60 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW .
Page 68
... seen the shito dama of a deaf man and that of a fisher- girl there , declared both to be square fronted . Again at Toshi Shima the old men declare that there was a carpenter whose shito dama appeared five or six times . some 15 years ...
... seen the shito dama of a deaf man and that of a fisher- girl there , declared both to be square fronted . Again at Toshi Shima the old men declare that there was a carpenter whose shito dama appeared five or six times . some 15 years ...
Page 72
... seen by a farmer named Kyuzaemon residing in the village of Hoi . She was seen clad in white , with her hair streaming down her back and having no clogs on her feet . She is said to have whirled along over the snow and , sometimes , to ...
... seen by a farmer named Kyuzaemon residing in the village of Hoi . She was seen clad in white , with her hair streaming down her back and having no clogs on her feet . She is said to have whirled along over the snow and , sometimes , to ...
Page 94
... seen blowing your nose in Japan , but may belch in any company ; it is bad manners not to belch if you are dining with a Japanese ; it looks as if the dinner was not good enough to make you overeat yourself . When the Japanese is having ...
... seen blowing your nose in Japan , but may belch in any company ; it is bad manners not to belch if you are dining with a Japanese ; it looks as if the dinner was not good enough to make you overeat yourself . When the Japanese is having ...
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