 | 1823 - 610 Seiten
...but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are invnhv'l, and the insults and slights to which they are daily...become in a great measure regardless of existence atter the death of their husbands : and this indifference, accompanied with hope of future reward held... | |
 | James Peggs - 1830 - 560 Seiten
...husbands ; but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...husbands ; and this indifference, accompanied with hope of future reward held out to them, leads them to the horrible act of suicide. It cannot pass unnoticed,... | |
 | James Peggs - 1830 - 556 Seiten
...regardless of existence after the death of their husbands ; and this indifference, accompanied with hope of future reward held out to them, leads them to the horrible act of suicide. It cannot pass unnoticed, by those who are acquainted with the state of society in India, that the... | |
 | 1831 - 334 Seiten
...husbands; but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...husbands ; and this indifference, accompanied with hope of future reward held out to them, leads them to the horrible act of suicide." The subject of... | |
 | James Peggs - 1832 - 550 Seiten
...their witnessing the distress in which widmcs of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults to which they are daily subjected, that they become...husbands ; and this indifference, accompanied with hope of future reward beld out to them, leads them to the horrible act of suicide. It cannot pass unnoticed,... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1832 - 304 Seiten
...husbands, but also from their -witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...daily subjected, that they become in a great measure regai-dless of existence after the death of their husbands: and this indifference, accompanied with... | |
 | Lant Carpenter - 1833 - 152 Seiten
...husbands, but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...a great measure regardless of existence after the 94 death of their husbands : and this indifference, accompanied with the hope of future reward held... | |
 | Mary Carpenter - 1866 - 548 Seiten
...husbands, but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...on female inheritance encourage, in a great degree, polagymy, a frequent source of the greatest misery in native families." " His labours for his country,"... | |
 | Mary Carpenter - 1866 - 302 Seiten
...husbands, but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...on female inheritance encourage, in a great degree, polagymy, a frequent source of the greatest misery in native families." " His labours for his country,"... | |
 | Mary Carpenter - 1866 - 320 Seiten
...husbands, but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults and slights to which they...existence after the death of their husbands ; and • ihis indifference, accompanied with the hope of future reward hefcl out to them, leads them to... | |
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It is not from religious prejudices and early impressions only, that Hindoo widows burn themselves on the piles of their deceased husbands, but also from their witnessing the distress in which widows of the same rank in life are involved, and the insults... 
