 | William Ward - 1818 - 738 pàgines
...curls down to her feel ; her teeth •wire lil.e the seeds of tl.e pcii.egiar.ate; and her gait Lke that of a drunken elephant or a goose. Each cast has its own order of ghutokos, which profession may be embraced by any per'on qualified by cast and a knowledge of the ghutiku... | |
 | William Ward - 1820 - 446 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckow ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow like those of a lion ; her hair hung in curls down to her feet ; her i teeth were like the seeds of the pomegranate ; and her gait like that of a drunken elephant or a... | |
 | 1823 - 536 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckoo ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow, like those of a lion : her hair hung...gait like that of a drunken elephant or a goose." At this exquisite specimen we may, with equal justice as did Permino, when he beheld the beautiful... | |
 | Thomas Robbins - 1824 - 494 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckow ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow like those of a lion ; her hair hung...any person qualified by cast and a knowledge of the ghutuku shastrus. They sometimes propose matches to parents before the parents themselves have hegun... | |
 | 1824 - 484 pàgines
...the sound of thecuckow ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow like those of a lion ; her hair hung...any person qualified by cast and a knowledge of the ghutuku shastrus. They sometimes propose matches to parents befere the parents themselves have begun... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1855 - 428 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckoo ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow like those of a lion ; her hair hung...teeth were like the seeds of the pomegranate ; and her walk like that of a drunken elephant or a goose !" The women of Hindostan, like those of most Eastern... | |
 | Colesworthey Grant - 1862 - 228 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckoo ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow like those of a lion ; her hair hung...gait like that of a drunken elephant or a goose." I Now it is only just that I should mention my belief that the pomegranate imagery is meant to portray... | |
 | Colesworthey Grant - 1862 - 222 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckoo ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon; her loins narrow like those of a lion; her hair hung in...were like the seeds of the pomegranate; and her gait liko that of a drunken elephant or a goose." ! Now it is only just that I should mention my belief... | |
 | Freaks - 1870 - 268 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckoo ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow, like those of a lion ; her hair hung...teeth were like the seeds of the pomegranate ; and walk like that of a drunken elephant or a goose." The Persians entertain much the same notions with... | |
 | James Bradbury - 1884 - 276 pàgines
...the sound of the cuckoo ; her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow, like those of a lion ; her hair hung...seeds of the pomegranate ; and her gait like that of a young elephant or a goose."4 Speaking of marriage, Monoo says : " Let the twice-born man choose for... | |
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... her arms reached to her knees ; her throat was like that of a pigeon ; her loins narrow like those of a lion ; her hair hung in curls down to her feet ; her teeth were like the seeds of the pomegranate ; and her gait like that of a drunken elephant... 
