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Page xx
This, as speculation, will pass; but, to this writer, with his bias in favour of the
theological or mythopeic method of geographizing, what are, at first, only
suggestions, very soon ripen into indubitable certainties: “Cette riviere [the '
Epéweo'r9], ...
This, as speculation, will pass; but, to this writer, with his bias in favour of the
theological or mythopeic method of geographizing, what are, at first, only
suggestions, very soon ripen into indubitable certainties: “Cette riviere [the '
Epéweo'r9], ...
Page xxix
... first introduced, there is, in the Chinese, a gloss,—delusively appropriated by
the translator, as we have seen,—— notifying that the kingdom so named had
aforetime been called, by mistake, Po-lo-na'z' ; the spelling, in passing, of the For
?
... first introduced, there is, in the Chinese, a gloss,—delusively appropriated by
the translator, as we have seen,—— notifying that the kingdom so named had
aforetime been called, by mistake, Po-lo-na'z' ; the spelling, in passing, of the For
?
Page 10
Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die; for it was believed that a
peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into
the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to ...
Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die; for it was believed that a
peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into
the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to ...
Page 31
And thus it has come to pass, that every solid and durable structure, and every
ancient stone of value, being esteemed by them as their peculiar property, has,
with very few exceptions, passed into their hands. We believe it was the boast of
...
And thus it has come to pass, that every solid and durable structure, and every
ancient stone of value, being esteemed by them as their peculiar property, has,
with very few exceptions, passed into their hands. We believe it was the boast of
...
Page 49
... form and colour of which bear some resemblance to those of a large tulip or
water-lily. Over the narrow doorway which constitutes the chief entrance to the
temple, is a small figure of Ganes, upon which some of the worshippers, as they
pass ...
... form and colour of which bear some resemblance to those of a large tulip or
water-lily. Over the narrow doorway which constitutes the chief entrance to the
temple, is a small figure of Ganes, upon which some of the worshippers, as they
pass ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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