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... The World and Its People - Page 129edited by - 1897Full view - About this book
| 1873 - 448 pages
...hold it up. Two thirds of the way from the base, stand, I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze. Here was where the music came from. Even as I stood and looked, I caught the breezes at it. Coming... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1879 - 880 pages
...and claws, to hold it up. Twothirds of the way from the base stand four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze. Here was where the musi'j came from. Even as I stood and looked, I caught the breezes at it. Coming... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1881 - 650 pages
...claws, to hold it up. Twothirds of the way from the base stand four white elephants, •wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...swinging that they wer'e vocal in the slightest breeze. Here was where the music came from. Even as I stood and looked, I caught the breezes at it. Coming... | |
| Mary L. Cort - 1886 - 426 pages
...or claws, to hold it up. Two-thirds of the way from the base, stand four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...spire. This was the temple tower, and all over the magnhicent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection,... | |
| 1900 - 506 pages
...hold it up. Two thirds of the way from the base, stand, I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet- toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues ; so swinging that they were... | |
| Mary Cate Smith - 1897 - 348 pages
...Next comes the white elephant, the hero of this occasion, led by his keeper. THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE. they were fed from golden dishes, and were decorated...swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze." THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE. quin on either side, is now under the control of France. The people are very... | |
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