 ... late Suraja Doulah, I am told, was very fond of making Huli Fools, though he was a Mussulman of the highest rank. They carry the joke here so far, as to send letters, making appointments in the name of persons who, it is known, must be absent from...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 5491793Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1793
...as * The days for the celebration of thefe ceremonies in England and India do not always corrcfpond. to fend letters making appointments, in the name of...Prefident to be a reprefentation of a lion feizing a young ejephant. Two Inferiptions from the Vindhya Mountains; translated from the Sanfcrit by CHARLES WILKINS,... | |
 | 1797
...appointments, in the name of perfons who, it is known, mud be abfent from their houfe at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given*." " The leaft inquiry into the ancient coftoms of Perfia, or the minuteft acquaintance with the general aftronomical... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824
...appointments, in the name of persons who, it is known, must be absent from their house at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given.' The least inquiry into the ancient customs of Persia, or the minutest acquaintance with the general astronomical... | |
 | William Hone - 1826
...in the nam« of persons, who, it is known, must be absent from their house at the time fixed upon ; thorough cleaning of their receivers in the morning. How to eat April fool among the French is called " un poiston b 4vril." Their trans• Jamieson, in Nar^e Glossary.... | |
 | William Hone - 1839
...in the name of persons, who, it is known, must be absent from their house at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given."! The April fool among the French it called " MO poition b 4vril." Their trans• Jamiejon, in Nare'« Glossary.... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840
...appointments in the name of persons who it is known must be absent from their houses at the lime fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given. The late Surajah IJowlah, although a Mussulman of the highest rank, wa» very fond of making Huli fools.... | |
 | 1840
...appointments in the name of persons who it is known must be absent from their houses at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given. The late Surajah Dowlah, although a Mussulman of the highest rank, was very fond of making Huli fools.... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841
...in the name of persons, who, it is known, must be absent from their house at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given." The last day of the Huli, March 31, is the general holiday. This festival is held in honor of the new year... | |
 | 1845
...in the name of persons, who, it is known, must be absent from their house at the time fixed upon ; and the laugh is always in proportion to the trouble given.' The last day of the Huli, March 31, is the general holiday. This festival is held in honor of the new year;... | |
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