The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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Incorporation, that is, makes for isolation, isolation for difference; difference
makes for comparisons, comparisons give rise to uneasiness, uneasiness to
wonderment, wonderment tends to admiration; and finally admiration turns to a
yearning ...
Incorporation, that is, makes for isolation, isolation for difference; difference
makes for comparisons, comparisons give rise to uneasiness, uneasiness to
wonderment, wonderment tends to admiration; and finally admiration turns to a
yearning ...
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after him and see where he is, give him a shake with those strong arms of yours,
if he has forgotten himself in prayer—we cannot wait any longer, and it is very
strange of him to leave us sitting here, and waste the time while the sun is getting
...
after him and see where he is, give him a shake with those strong arms of yours,
if he has forgotten himself in prayer—we cannot wait any longer, and it is very
strange of him to leave us sitting here, and waste the time while the sun is getting
...
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And I made acquaintance with such a man, practised in self-rnortification,
Kamadamana by name, that he might give me instruction in that kind of life. I
visited him in the Dankaka forest where he lives, and where there are very many
other holy ...
And I made acquaintance with such a man, practised in self-rnortification,
Kamadamana by name, that he might give me instruction in that kind of life. I
visited him in the Dankaka forest where he lives, and where there are very many
other holy ...
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autor | 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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