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The most spectacular practice is the vel kavadi, essentially a portable altar up to two meters tall, decorated with peacock feathers and attached to the devotee through 108 vels pierced into the skin on the chest and back.
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The most spectacular practice is the vel kavadi, essentially a portable altar up to two meters tall, decorated with peacock feathers and attached to the devotee through 108 vels pierced into the skin on the chest and back.
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Allan's small library, her railing at "no-vels and the sin o 'them" was unstinted.
A Daughter of Fife Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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She was a great student and a great reader of what she used to call "naw-vels."
Pages from an Old Volume of Life; a collection of essays, 1857-1881 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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She was a great student and a great reader of what she used to call "naw-vels."
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Chief among these changes, according to Edmunds reviewers, are "a restyled grille and taillights," which come standard on each of the "four trim levels-base, LE, SE and XLE."
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You know as well as myself what happened during my tra - vels, as well as after my return; and I trust that you will impute my misconduct, in part at least, to its primary cause.
Letters of the Late Lord Littelton Baron Thomas Lyttelton Lyttelton , William Combe 1812
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The passados, or inns, except a few in the principal towns, are, generally speaking, little better than ho - vels, affording shelter from the inclemency of the weather, but scarcely any thing else.
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Dr Eligelhart was originally a pupil at Lund, and had obtained a degree in medicine there, before he fet out on his tra - vels to acquire medical knowledge in other countries*
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Being now once more on Swedifti ground and no longer fubjeft to the tedious obftinacy of Danifh poft-boys, we ufed our utmoft exertions to reach Gottenburg, which we accom - pliftied on Saturday the 29th. which com pleated our tra - vels by land, after a Journey of three thoufand feven hun - dred and eighty four miles, the greater part of which was over a barren unfrequented traft of country.
A Tour Through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark: In a series of letters, illustrated ... 1789
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