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" Let him chuse for his wife a girl, whose form ' has no defect ; who has an agreeable name ; who ' walks gracefully like a phenicopteros, or like a young ' elephant; whose hair and teeth are moderate respec' tively in quantity and in size ; whose body... "
Institutes of Hindu Law, Or, The Ordinances of Menu [i.e., Manu]: According ... - Page 41
by Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 340 pages
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The Asiatic Quarterly Review, Volumes 7-8

Asia - 1889 - 972 pages
...one immoderately talkative ; nor one with inflamed eyes. Chapter iii., line 10. — Let him choose for his wife a girl whose form has no defect, who has an agreeable name, who walks gracefully like a young elephant ; whose teeth and hair are moderate respectively in quality and in size, and whose body...
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The Eagle: A Magazine, Volume 16

1891 - 652 pages
...winged creature, a snake, or a slave ; nor with any name raising an image of terror. Let him choose for his wife a girl whose form has no defect, who...agreeable name, •who walks gracefully — like a phenicopterus or like a young elephant, — whose hair and teeth are moderate, respectively in quantity...
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The Eagle: A Magazine Support by Members of St. John's College, Volume 16

1891 - 722 pages
...winged creature, a snake, or a slave; nor with any name raising an image of terror. Let him choose for his wife a girl whose form has no defect, who has an agreeable name, who walks gracefully—like a phenicopterus or like a young elephant,—whose hair and teeth are moderate, respectively...
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Story of Government: From Savagery to Civilization...

Henry Austin - Civilization - 1893 - 1082 pages
...creature, a snake, or of a slave, or one with any name raising an image of terror. Let him choose for a wife a girl whose form has no defect ; who has an agreeable name ; who walks gracefully, like a young elephant (strange comparison !) ; whose teeth are small, whose hair is moderate in quantity,...
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The Hindu at Home: Being Sketches of Hindu Daily Life

Joseph Edwin Padfield - Hinduism - 1896 - 366 pages
...hair or with too much ; nor one immoderately talkative ; nor one with inflamed eyes." Let him choose for his wife a girl whose form has no defect ; who...whose hair and teeth are moderate respectively in quality and in size ; whose body has exquisite softness. (Manu III. 8, 80). It may be well here to...
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Janus, Volume 7

Medicine - 1902 - 718 pages
...winged creature, a snake, or a slave; nor with any name raising an image of terror. Let him choose for his wife a girl, whose form has no defect ; who...has an agreeable name, who walks gracefully like a phenicopterous, or like a young elephant; whose hair nnd teeth arc moderate as respects quantity and...
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Janus, Volume 7

Medicine - 1902 - 740 pages
...créature, a snake, or a slave; nor with any name raisingan image of terror. Let him choose for bis wife a girl, whose form has no defect ; who has an agreeable name, who walks gracefully like a phenicopterous, or like a young éléphant; whose hair and teeth are moderate as respects quantity...
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Journal of the Society of Arts, Volume 51

Art - 1903 - 984 pages
...sickness, nor one with too much or too little hair, nor one immoderately talkative. Let him choose a girl whose form has no defect, who has an agreeable name, who walks gracefully like a young elephant, whose hair and teeth are moderate in size and quality, and whose body has exquisite...
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The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental ..., Volume 1

Stephen Haley Allen - Constitutional history - 1916 - 1238 pages
...a mountain, of a winged creature, a snake or a slave; nor with any name raising an image of terror. 10. "Let him chuse for his wife a girl, whose form...has an agreeable name; who walks gracefully like a plenicopteros, or like a young elephant; whose hair and teeth are moderate respectively in quantity...
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King Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and ...

Sir Richard Francis Burton - History - 1993 - 308 pages
...members have been subject to hereditary disease. Let a person choose for his wife a girl whose person has no defect; who has an agreeable name ; who walks gracefully, like a young elephant; whose hair and teeth are moderate in quantity and in size ; and whose body is of exquisite...
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