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... woman can travel alone , unarmed , unguarded , through most parts of India , in greater safety than in the heart of England . In the strength of this prestige the solitary constable will interpose between hostile bands of fierce rioters ...
... woman can travel alone , unarmed , unguarded , through most parts of India , in greater safety than in the heart of England . In the strength of this prestige the solitary constable will interpose between hostile bands of fierce rioters ...
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... many miscellaneous duties that have to be done . The women do not , as a rule , work in the fields , go to market , fodder the cattle , spin or weave . Very old men and very young boys and girls herd the cattle . If there is.
... many miscellaneous duties that have to be done . The women do not , as a rule , work in the fields , go to market , fodder the cattle , spin or weave . Very old men and very young boys and girls herd the cattle . If there is.
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... the more delicate social troubles which exist wherever men live . There are no unmarried women , but many unhappy , young , and foolish wives , and SOCIAL TROUBLES . 71 many widows . Village scandals , 70 VILLAGE LIFE .
... the more delicate social troubles which exist wherever men live . There are no unmarried women , but many unhappy , young , and foolish wives , and SOCIAL TROUBLES . 71 many widows . Village scandals , 70 VILLAGE LIFE .
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... women of a family who have gone wrong do not so often disappear- though sometimes they do from the family horizon , as in England . They remain in the neighbourhood , a thorn in the side of the family , and especially of Hodge , its ...
... women of a family who have gone wrong do not so often disappear- though sometimes they do from the family horizon , as in England . They remain in the neighbourhood , a thorn in the side of the family , and especially of Hodge , its ...
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... women go to fetch water from the same tank ; the children play together in the village street ; the men shoulder their ploughs , and march out side by side to the same fields , and there perhaps work within a few yards of one another ...
... women go to fetch water from the same tank ; the children play together in the village street ; the men shoulder their ploughs , and march out side by side to the same fields , and there perhaps work within a few yards of one another ...
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