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  • Many such Govinda Pathaks compete with each other, especially for the handis that dole out hefty rewards.

    Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Various Handis are set up locally in several parts of the city, and groups of youngsters, called Govinda, travel around in trucks trying to break as many handis as possible during the day.

    Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Some of the most famous handis are at Dadar, Mazgaon, Lalbaug and some in Thane a neighboring district of Mumbai and Babu Genu, Mandai in Pune.

    Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Than the king kest abak his handis betwix the tindis of this hart, to haif savit him fra the strak thairof; and the haly croce slaid, incontinent, in his handis.

    Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

  • And the deaconis of ye craftismen fearing vproare, maid great solistatuis at ye handis of ye said provost and baillies, and als requirit John Knox, minister, for eschewing of tumult, to superceid ye execution of him, vnto ye tyme yai suld adverteis my Lord Duke yairof.

    The Abbot 2008

  • The invisible handis in ordinary parlance a fiction.

    Is Climate of Panic and Fear Appropriate for Passing Legislative Remedy? 2008

  • So the RCMP use this election as a political ploy they need to be called up on the carpet, there commisioner can't recall his name off-handis known for his political manipulations.

    gold 2006

  • This evidently is a mistake, as the Act itself concludes with the express statement, "subscrivit _with our handis_," &c.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Majestieis expectatioun at all tymis hard of me; with assurance, that gif I did not declair by contrarie effectis my repentance, I, with the rest that had put, or yitt putis handis to that wark, sould resave the rewaird quhilk we had deservit and meritit.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • God move thair heartis to repentance! for ellis we fear that He whose caus we susteane sall lett thame feill the weght of the yock of crewell strangearis, in whose handis thei wisshed us to have bene betrayed.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

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