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" To carry the child was impossible : the mother could not even hold herself fast on the horse. ^. long contest began between humanity and necessity : the latter prevailed, and they agreed to expose the child on the highway. The infant, covered with leaves,... "
Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India - Page 10
by Ellison Banks Findly - 1993 - 424 pages
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The British Magazine and General Review of the Literature ..., Volume 1

Books - 1772 - 456 pages
...covered with leaves, was placed under a tree : and the difconlolate, parents proceeded in tears. " Wheji they had advanced about a mile from the place, and the eyes of the mother could no longer diflinguiih the foutary tree under which Ihe had left her daughter, -fte gave way to grief ; and throwing...
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The History of Hindostan, Volume 3

Muḥammad Qāsim ibn Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah, Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah - India - 1772 - 642 pages
...child on the high-way. The infant, covered with leaves, was placed under a tree; and the difconfolate parents proceeded in- tears. When they had advanced about a mile from the place, and the 'in eyes of the mother could no longer diftinguifh the folitary tree under which me had left her daughter,...
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting ...

Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...placed under a tree, and the disconsolate parents proceeded in teais. When they had advanced about half a mile from the place, and the eyes of the mother...no longer distinguish the solitary tree under which her daughter had been left, she gave way to grief, and throwing herself from the horse to the ground,...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 1

1814 - 760 pages
...the highway. The infant, covered with leaves, was placed under a tree; and the disconsolate parent* proceeded in tears. ' When they had advanced about...solitary tree under which she had left her daughter, sho gave way to grief; and throwing herself from the horse on the ground, exclaimed, " My child ! my...
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 9

1820 - 496 pages
...contest began between humanity And necessity ; the latter prevailed, and they agreed to expose (he child on. the highway. The infant, covered with leaves,...no longer distinguish the solitary tree under which her daughter had been left, she gave way to grief, and throwing herself from the .horse to the ground,...
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 1

English literature - 1814 - 684 pages
...move. To carry the child was impossible: the mother- could not even hold herself fast on the horse. A long contest began between humanity and 'necessity...the mother could no longer distinguish the solitary teae under which she had -left her daughter, she gftve way to grief; tied throwing herself from the...
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The History of the British Empire in India, Volume 1

George Robert Gleig - British - 1830 - 422 pages
...be incapable of carrying her farther. When they had advanced about a mile from the place, however, and the eyes of the mother could no longer distinguish the solitary tree under which the infant lay, she gave way to grief, and casting herself upon the ground, exclaimed bitterly, 'my...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 19

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1842 - 646 pages
...under a tree, and the disconsolate parents proceeded in tears. When they had advanced about a mile, the eyes of the mother could no longer distinguish the solitary tree under which she had left her first-born ; she gave way to grief; and throwing herself from the horse, exclaimed, ' My child ! my...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 19

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1842 - 628 pages
...tree, and the disconsolate parents proceeded in tears. When they had advanced about a mile, the çyes of the mother could no longer distinguish the solitary tree under which she had left her first-born ; she gave way to grief; and throwing herself from the horse, exclaimed, ' My child ! my...
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Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Asia - 1844 - 336 pages
...leaves, was placed under a tree, and the disconsolate parents proceeded in tears. When they had gone about a mile from the place, and the eyes of the mother...daughter, she gave way to grief, and, throwing herself on the ground, exclaimed, " My child ! my child ! " She endeavored to raise herself, but she had not...
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