"Dur" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... le dur m['e]tal que l'amour fit docile Garde encore en sa fleur, aux m['e]dailles d'argent, L'immortelle beaut['e] des vierges ...
— Confessions of a Book-Lover • Maurice Francis Egan
... come together again. They also think that the nut attracts the evil eye and absorbs its effect, and the child is therefore not injured. If they think that some one has cast the evil eye on a child, they say a charm, 'Ishwar, Gauri, Parvati ke an nazar dur ho jao,' or 'Depart, Evil Eye, in the name of Mahadeo and Parvati,' and as they say this they blow on the child three times; or they take some salt, chillies and mustard in their hand and wave it round the child's head and say, 'Telin ki lagi ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume II • R. V. Russell |
