Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History, Part 2American News Company, 1879 - 256 pages |
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... carried out in the ba- zaars , where Agra mosaic that looks like a crude imitation of Florence is a specialty . This influence came from European adventurers who found a refuge at the court of the Mogul , among them a French- man named ...
... carried out in the ba- zaars , where Agra mosaic that looks like a crude imitation of Florence is a specialty . This influence came from European adventurers who found a refuge at the court of the Mogul , among them a French- man named ...
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... carry away the beautiful wife of Rama . The miscreant who performed this office , a monster with ten heads and twenty arms , came in the shape of a beggar , and carried off the princess in his chariot through the air to Ceylon . Rama ...
... carry away the beautiful wife of Rama . The miscreant who performed this office , a monster with ten heads and twenty arms , came in the shape of a beggar , and carried off the princess in his chariot through the air to Ceylon . Rama ...
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... carrying huge water pitchers on their heads ; the beggars ; the brown , naked children rolling in the earth ; the calico - covered soldiers , and the odd costumes , the marks of rank and caste - from the holy Brahmin , who belongs to a ...
... carrying huge water pitchers on their heads ; the beggars ; the brown , naked children rolling in the earth ; the calico - covered soldiers , and the odd costumes , the marks of rank and caste - from the holy Brahmin , who belongs to a ...
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... carried is a short , measured quickstep , so that there is no uneasiness to the rider . The rest of us mounted the elephants . Elephant riding is a curious and not an unpleasant experience . The animal is under perfect control , and ...
... carried is a short , measured quickstep , so that there is no uneasiness to the rider . The rest of us mounted the elephants . Elephant riding is a curious and not an unpleasant experience . The animal is under perfect control , and ...
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... carried Warren Hastings when Governor - General of India — a century ago . There are two methods of riding elephants . One is in a box like the four seats of a carriage , the other on a square , quilted seat , your feet hanging over the ...
... carried Warren Hastings when Governor - General of India — a century ago . There are two methods of riding elephants . One is in a box like the four seats of a carriage , the other on a square , quilted seat , your feet hanging over the ...
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Page 99 - The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. 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.
Page 105 - And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians : and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour ; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Page 110 - Perfect truth ; perfect happiness ; without equal; immortal; absolute unity; whom neither speech can describe, nor mind comprehend ; all-pervading ; all-transcending ; delighted with His own boundless intelligence ; not limited by space or time ; without feet, moving swiftly ; without hands, grasping all worlds ; without eyes, all-surveying ; without ears, all-hearing ; without an exterior guide, Understanding all ; without cause, the first of all causes ; all-ruling ; all-powerful; the creator,...
Page 98 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathingplaces along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable...
Page 112 - Let us meditate on the adorable light of the Divine Ruler ; may it guide our intellects.
Page 325 - The most troublesome men in public life," said Grant a few years later, " are those over-righteous people who see no motives in other people's actions but evil motives, who believe all public life is corrupt, and nothing is well done, unless they do it themselves. They are narrow-headed men, their two eyes so close together that they can look out of the same gimlet-hole without winking.
Page 100 - Twenty-five centuries ago, at the least, it was famous. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for "supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian monarchy, or Nebuchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem...
Page 448 - States, you extended toward our countrymen especial kindness and courtesy. When our ambassador, Iwakura, visited the United States, he received the greatest kindness from you. The kindness thus shown by you has always been remembered by us. In your travels around the world, you have reached this country, and our people of all classes feel gratified and happy to receive you. We trust that during your sojourn in our country, you may find much to enjoy. It gives me sincere pleasure to receive you, and...
Page 91 - Ten by ten the sepoys were called forth. Their names having been taken down in succession, they were pinioned, linked together, and marched to execution ; a firing party being in readiness. Every phase of deportment was manifested...
Page 222 - On ascending the stairs, Mr. Alabaster, the royal interpreter, Captain Bush, an English officer commanding the Siamese navy, and a brilliant retinue, were in waiting. The Foreign Minister advanced and welcomed the General to Siam, and presented him to the other members of the suite. Then entering carriages, the General and party were driven to the palace of Hwang Saranrom, the home of His Royal Highness the Celestial Prince Bhanurangsi Swangwongse.