The World and Its People, Book 6Larkin Dunton Silver, Burdett, 1897 |
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... distance of two hundred miles from the sea it joins the Ganges . The Brahmaputra is nearly equal in length to the Indus . These rivers and their tributaries , as we have seen , are made to rise rapidly during the rainy season , and ...
... distance of two hundred miles from the sea it joins the Ganges . The Brahmaputra is nearly equal in length to the Indus . These rivers and their tributaries , as we have seen , are made to rise rapidly during the rainy season , and ...
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... distance of a few hundred miles , from the valley of the Ganges to the summit of the Himalayas , one may pass from the heat of the torrid zone to the region of eternal snow . The native population of India is principally divided into ...
... distance of a few hundred miles , from the valley of the Ganges to the summit of the Himalayas , one may pass from the heat of the torrid zone to the region of eternal snow . The native population of India is principally divided into ...
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... had been severely wounded in one of the battles of India . He cried out for water , but there was none to be had on the battlefield . At length a water carrier was seen coming from a distance with a great water skin slung LIFE IN ASIA . 41.
... had been severely wounded in one of the battles of India . He cried out for water , but there was none to be had on the battlefield . At length a water carrier was seen coming from a distance with a great water skin slung LIFE IN ASIA . 41.
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Larkin Dunton. coming from a distance with a great water skin slung across his back . He was hurried to the side of the wounded soldier , and would gladly have given him the cooling water . The suffering native officer , however , turned ...
Larkin Dunton. coming from a distance with a great water skin slung across his back . He was hurried to the side of the wounded soldier , and would gladly have given him the cooling water . The suffering native officer , however , turned ...
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... distance from the railroads , makes us familiar with customs so differ- ent from any we have seen in other lands that it is easy to imagine ourselves to be living in the far - distant past . Northern India has been much changed by Moham ...
... distance from the railroads , makes us familiar with customs so differ- ent from any we have seen in other lands that it is easy to imagine ourselves to be living in the far - distant past . Northern India has been much changed by Moham ...
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Page 298 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 81 - 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. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares...
Page 101 - Hark cannonade, fusillade! is it true what was told by the scout, Outram and Havelock breaking their way through the fell mutineers? Surely the pibroch of Europe is ringing again in our ears! All on a sudden the garrison utter a jubilant shout, Havelock's glorious Highlanders answer with conquering cheers...
Page 81 - Asia. 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...
Page 81 - 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 bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude...
Page 259 - Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses * Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Page 78 - After which, one of the men, taking a large earthen vessel, with a capacious mouth, filled it with water, and turned it upside down, when all the water flowed out ; but the moment it was placed with the mouth upwards, it always became full. He then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect it who chose. This being done, he desired that one of the party would fill it ; his request was obeyed ; still, when he reversed the jar, not a...
Page 129 - I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four points of the compass. From the rounded summit rises, like a needle, a sharp spire. This was the temple tower, and all over the magnificent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet-toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues ; so swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze.
Page 273 - O'er Arabia's desert sands The patient Camel walks : 'Mid lonely caves and rocky lands The fell Hyena stalks. On her cool and shady hills, Coffee shrubs, and tam'rinds grow ; Headlong fall the welcome rills Down the fruitful dells below.
Page 253 - Mid rose-trees hid, or perched on some high palm, The bulbul sings through eve's delicious calm ; While girt by planes, or washed by cooling streams, On some green flat the stately city gleams. — 'Tis as a demon there had cast his frown, And here an angel breathed a blessing down ; As if in nature...