Destitution at length reached such a pitch that men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did not terminate in death... A History of the Deccan - Page 258by James Dunning Baker Gribble - 1896Full view - About this book
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...men began to devour each other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions in the roads, and every...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness. * * * The Emperor in his gracious kindness and bounty directed the officials of Burhanpiir,... | |
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| Charles W. McMinn - Famines - 1902 - 148 pages
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| Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - India - 1907 - 442 pages
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| Sir Theodore Morison - Famines - 1916 - 270 pages
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| Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1920 - 880 pages
...other, and the flesh of a son was preferred to his love. The numbers of the dying caused obstructions on the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness.' i It is impossible to reconcile the measurement and cost of the peacock throne as... | |
| Vincent Arthur Smith - India - 1920 - 868 pages
...the dying caused obstructions on the roads, and every man whose dire sufferings did not terminate jn death and who retained the power to move wandered...their fertility and plenty now retained no trace of productiveness.' The details of the horrible picture are set out even more fuDy in the plain, unadorned... | |
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