The Transposed Heads: A Legend of IndiaAn ancient Indian fable of the time when men and gods talked together. |
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Shridaman very much liked all this, comparing it with himself, who was several
shades lighte in both head and limbs, with a face too quite otherwise shaped.
The ridge of his nose was thin as a blade; eyes he had, soft of pupil and lid, and
on ...
Shridaman very much liked all this, comparing it with himself, who was several
shades lighte in both head and limbs, with a face too quite otherwise shaped.
The ridge of his nose was thin as a blade; eyes he had, soft of pupil and lid, and
on ...
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did this frightful deed, robbing his limbs of the revered head, or rather his revered
head of i limbs, and abandoned me to this wretched wic owed state. In an agony
of abnegation he di it, and with good intentions towards me, th criminal.
did this frightful deed, robbing his limbs of the revered head, or rather his revered
head of i limbs, and abandoned me to this wretched wic owed state. In an agony
of abnegation he di it, and with good intentions towards me, th criminal.
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Our narrative will not exaggerate, rather it emphasizes the factors limiting the
bodily change, and its restriction to unmistakable signs, in order to gain
understanding for the fact that the effect was reciprocal between head and limbs;
since the ...
Our narrative will not exaggerate, rather it emphasizes the factors limiting the
bodily change, and its restriction to unmistakable signs, in order to gain
understanding for the fact that the effect was reciprocal between head and limbs;
since the ...
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| 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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