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# A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.68

A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.68

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### [v3.c19.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.68)

other sentiments are often displayed by grunts, shakes, turns of the head, or movements of the hands, and among the people of India the hands play so large a part in conversation that they may almost be said to speak for themselves. It is only the Englishman who can converse with his hands in his pockets.

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