At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the bridge, accompanied by a female priest and by her relatives. They all speak to her of the happiness which she will now... Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society - Página lxxiiipor Hakluyt Society - 1877Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1877 - 514 páginas
...the leap draws near. At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the...combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged ; in short, she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her dress is white, her breasts are... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1877 - 550 páginas
...the leap draws near. At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the...combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged ; in short, she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her dress is white, her breasts are... | |
| Reinhold Rost - 1887 - 328 páginas
...the leap draws near. At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the...combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged ; in short, she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her dress is white, her breasts are... | |
| Reinhold Rost - 1887 - 322 páginas
...the leap draws near. At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the...combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged ; in short, she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her dress is white, her breasts are... | |
| Reinhold Rost - 1887 - 332 páginas
...the leap draws near. At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the...combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged ; in short, she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her •dress is white, her breasts... | |
| Malcolm Potts, Roger Short - 1999 - 372 páginas
...the time for the leap draws near. There is a door at the end of the bridge that is not removed until the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the bridge, accompanied by a female priest and her relatives . . . Then she makes her toilet; her hair especially is combed, the mirror used, and... | |
| Malcolm Potts, Roger Short - 1999 - 372 páginas
...victim sits in the house on the bridge, accompanied by a female priest and her relatives . . . Then she makes her toilet; her hair especially is combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged; in short she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her dress is white, her breasts are covered... | |
| Reinhold Rost - 2000 - 332 páginas
...the leap draws near. At first there is a door at the end of the bridge, and this is not removed till the last minute. The victim sits in the house on the...combed, the mirror used, and her garments newly arranged ; in short, she arrays herself exactly as she would for a feast. Her dress is white, her breasts are... | |
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