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GAMBLING AMONG THE ANCIENT HINDOOS.--A HINDOO LEGEND AND ITS MODERN PARALLEL

CHAPTER II. page 19

And as the body of his victim also was brought forth, Parravicin
fell against the wall in a state of stupefaction. At this
moment, Solomon Eagle, the weird plague-prophet, with his burning
brazier on his head, suddenly turned the corner of the street,
and, stationing himself before the dead-cart, cried in a voice of
thunder--`Woe to the libertine! Woe to the homicide! for he
shall perish in everlasting fire! Woe! woe!'

Such is this English legend, as related by Ainsworth, but which I
have condensed into its main elements. I think it bids fair to
equal in interest that of the Hindoo epic; and if it be not true
in every particular, so much the better for the sake of human
nature.

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