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... called Ngake , Roto , and Yato . The first means Windward , the second Central , and the third Leeward . There are also , as I have said , three islets on the Danger Island reef , each village owning one . Central Village , being the ...
... called Ngake , Roto , and Yato . The first means Windward , the second Central , and the third Leeward . There are also , as I have said , three islets on the Danger Island reef , each village owning one . Central Village , being the ...
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... called at his house every day , where she amused herself by com- posing the death chant to be wailed over his body . Wail - of - Woe did not in the least resent her visits . On the con- trary , he seemed to look forward to them and ...
... called at his house every day , where she amused herself by com- posing the death chant to be wailed over his body . Wail - of - Woe did not in the least resent her visits . On the con- trary , he seemed to look forward to them and ...
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... called by God . . . ' The words which he had himself written - how long ago ? They sounded alien and strange now , and woke no answer- ing chord as they had done when he wrote them . He remembered the first time he had seen Igor , after ...
... called by God . . . ' The words which he had himself written - how long ago ? They sounded alien and strange now , and woke no answer- ing chord as they had done when he wrote them . He remembered the first time he had seen Igor , after ...
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... called Abhidhamma . The first large number is called a laksha , a hundred thousand ; the modern form is lakh , or lac , and the Treasury of British India still reckons in lacs of rupees . Then followed a koti , ten mil- lions ...
... called Abhidhamma . The first large number is called a laksha , a hundred thousand ; the modern form is lakh , or lac , and the Treasury of British India still reckons in lacs of rupees . Then followed a koti , ten mil- lions ...
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... called this absurd and ridiculous . Only in 1927 have we ventured to ap- proach the traditional Aryan figures for the immense antiquity of man . - We have our series of geological ages , Archæozoic , Palæozoic , Mesozoic , Cen- ozoic ...
... called this absurd and ridiculous . Only in 1927 have we ventured to ap- proach the traditional Aryan figures for the immense antiquity of man . - We have our series of geological ages , Archæozoic , Palæozoic , Mesozoic , Cen- ozoic ...
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