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" I am not pleased with living miserably in this little vase ; make me a large mansion, where I may dwell in comfort.' The king, removing it thence, placed it in the water of a cistern; but it grew three cubits in less than fifty minutes, and said : 'O... "
The Origin of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained from Historical Testimony and ... - Page 114
by George Stanley Faber - 1816
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Asiatic Researches, Volume 1

Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1801 - 580 pages
...living miferably in this little vafe; " make me a large manfion, where I may dwell in comec fort." The king, removing it thence, placed it in. " the water of a ciftern ; but it grew three cubits in lefs " than fifty minutes, and faid, «' O king, it pleafes me...
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Works, Volume 3

Sir William Jones - 1807 - 480 pages
...Prince : " I am " not pleafed with living miferably in this little *' vafe ; make me a large manfion, where I may " dwell in comfort." The king, removing it * thence, placed it in the water of a ciftern ; but ' it grew three cubits in lefs than fifty minutes, ' and faid : " O king, it pleafes...
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The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author, Volume 3

John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807 - 488 pages
..." not pleafed with living miferably in this little " vafe ; make me a large manfion, where I may rt dwell in comfort." The king, removing it ' thence, placed it in the water of a ciftern ; but ' it grew three cubits in lefs than fifty minutes, * and faid : " O king, it pleafes...
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The History of British India, Volume 1

James Mill - 1817 - 688 pages
...its bulk was so increased, that it could not be contained in the jar, and thus again addressed the prince : I am not pleased with living miserably in...large mansion where I may dwell in comfort. The king successively placed it in a cistern, in a pool, and in a lake, for each of which it speedily grew too...
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A Key to the Chronology of the Hindus: In a Series of Letters, in which an ...

Alexander Hamilton - 1820 - 454 pages
...prince : " I am * 1n the Sanscrit, ' reigned in Dravira, a maritime province south of Carnata.' 60 not pleased with living miserably in this little vase...large mansion, where I may dwell in comfort." The king removed it thence and placed it in the water of a cistern, but it grew three cubits in less than fifty...
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The History of British India, Volume 1

James Mill - 1820 - 496 pages
...could not be contained in the jar, and thus again addressed the prince : I am not pleased with living in this little vase ; make me a large mansion where I may dwell in comfort. The king successively placed it in a cistern, in a pool, and in a lake, for each of which it speedily grew too...
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Discourses delivered before the Asiatic society: and miscellaneous papers on ...

Sir William Jones - 1824 - 336 pages
...water; but, in a single night its bulk was so increased, that it could not be contained in the jnr, and thus again addressed the illustrious prince: ' I am...vase ; make me a large mansion, where I may dwell i 'J in comfort.' The king, removing it thence, placed it in the water of a cistern; but it grew three...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...in a single night its bulk was so increased, that it could not be contained in the jar, and thus it again addressed the illustrious prince : — ' I am...where I may dwell in comfort.' The king, removing it from the vase, placed it in the water of a cistern ; but it grew three cubits in less than fifty minutes,...
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The Patriarchal Age, Or, The History and Religion of Mankind from the ...

George Smith - 1847 - 646 pages
...water ; but in a single night its bulk was so increased, that it could not be contained in the jar, and thus again addressed the illustrious prince : ' I...with living miserably in this little vase : make me n large mansion, where I may dwell in comfort.' The king, removing it thence, placed it in the water...
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Sacred Annals; Or, Researches Into the History and Religion of Mankind, Volume 1

George Smith - 1856 - 546 pages
...water; but in a single night its bulk was so increased, that it could not be contained in the jar, and thus again addressed the illustrious prince: ' I am...placed it in the water of a cistern ; but it grew threecubits in less than fifty minutes, and said: ' O king, it pleases me not to stay vainly in this...
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