 ... the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect, the turbans and the flowing robes, the spears and the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady,...  Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings - Page 125by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 176 pagesFull view - About this book
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