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Indian Epic Poetry: Being the Substance of Lectures Recently Given at Oxford ... - Page 28
by Sir Monier Monier-Williams - 1863 - 133 pages
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Life in Ancient India

Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Brahmanism - 1856 - 530 pages
...has " attained the objects of his aspirations," and finds that his tronbles then begin. " 'Tis a fond thought, that to attain the end And object of ambition...have, the constant care Of guarding it, doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who, with his hands, Supports the canopy that shields his subjects."...
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Śakoontalá: Or, The Lost Ring; an Indian Drama

Kālidāsa - Indic drama (English) - 1856 - 306 pages
...have no sooner attained the object of their aspirations than all their troubles begin. 'Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition...have, the constant care Of guarding it, doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must he the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects....
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The Bombay Quarterly Review, Volume 5

India - 1857 - 434 pages
...attained the goal of his desires, discovers that then his trials and troubles begin. " ' "Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition...have, the constant care Of guarding it, doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects.'...
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Bombay Quarterly Review, Volume 5

India - 1857 - 848 pages
...attained the goal of his desires, discovers that then his trials and troubles begin. " ' Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition...fever Of anxious expectation ; soon the fear Of losing That we have, the constant care Of guarding it, doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must bo the lot of him who...
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Ancient and Mediaeval India, Volume 2

Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Civilization, Hindu - 1869 - 398 pages
...kings no sooner attain the oljject of their aspiration, than all their troubles begin."' " Tis a fond thought, that to attain the end And object of ambition...have, the constant care Of guarding it doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him, who, with his hands, Supports the canopy that shields his subjects."...
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Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical ...

Sir Monier Monier-Williams - Hindu philosophy - 1875 - 624 pages
...Hindu nature. In the most popular of Indian dramas (the Sakuntala) there occurs this sentiment 2 : 'Tis a vain thought that to attain the end And object...the deeper emotions of the Hindu mind, it could not 1 In XII. 1241 we have some curious rules for expiation (prayajtiita), and at 1393 rules for what to...
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Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical ...

Sir Monier Monier-Williams - Hindu philosophy - 1875 - 640 pages
...nature. In the most popular of Indian dramas (the Sakuntala) there occurs this sentiment 2 : "l'is a vain thought that to attain the end And object of...the deeper emotions of the Hindu mind, it could not ^___ • 1 In XII. 1241 we have some curious rules for expiation (prdyaieitta), and at 1393 rules for...
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The illustrated history of the British empire in India and the ..., Volume 1

Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 1028 pages
...new paths through the valley of tribulation. He thus moralises upon his experience : — '"Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition...have, the constant care Of guarding it, doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects."...
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The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the ..., Volume 2

Edward Henry Nolan - British - 1878 - 456 pages
...paths through the valley of tribulation. He thus moralises upon his experience : — " 'Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition...is to rest. Success doth only mitigate the fever Of anxions expectation ; soon the fear Of losing what we have, the constant care Of gnarding it, doth...
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Oriental Literature: The literature of India, ed. by E. Wilson

Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson - Oriental literature - 1899 - 508 pages
...have no sooner attained the object of their aspirations than all their troubles begin. 'Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition...have, the constant care Of guarding it doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects....
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