The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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I should have liked to hold my breath the whole time; not out of fear of losing sight
of her face, but for fear of undeceiving her belief that she was alone; for that I
trembled and felt myself sacredly responsible. She is called Sita, you say?
I should have liked to hold my breath the whole time; not out of fear of losing sight
of her face, but for fear of undeceiving her belief that she was alone; for that I
trembled and felt myself sacredly responsible. She is called Sita, you say?
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For a little space there was silence, it turned its face away; when it turns back it is
no more the same, but changed to a frightful mask, a face of horror, distracting,
Medusalike, turning the beholder to stone, or maddening him to wild acts of ...
For a little space there was silence, it turned its face away; when it turns back it is
no more the same, but changed to a frightful mask, a face of horror, distracting,
Medusalike, turning the beholder to stone, or maddening him to wild acts of ...
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“At least I might recognize your face; but your form seems in the meantime to
have gone through a certain refining process which I suppose I may ascribe to
your former visit.” “It did me a great deal of good,” Nanda answered evasively. “
But the ...
“At least I might recognize your face; but your form seems in the meantime to
have gone through a certain refining process which I suppose I may ascribe to
your former visit.” “It did me a great deal of good,” Nanda answered evasively. “
But the ...
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| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autor/in | Thomas Mann |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Mitwirkende Personen | Arthur George Rock |
| Verlag | A. A. Knopf, 1941 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Jan. 2007 |
| Länge | 194 Seiten |
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