 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 scarcely...  Our Oriental Missions. ... - Page 32by Edward Thomson - 1870Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 588 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost in Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost in Asia. It was commonly believed that balf a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the «acred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller coula" ecarcely make his way through the press of holy... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | 1867 - 894 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | 1868 - 598 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost in Asia. It was commonly believed that half-a-million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich...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.... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 452 pages
...was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings 2 was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, 1 See Appendix B. 2 This conjecture regarding the population of Benares is not correct. The Government... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 456 pages
...sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings2 was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, 1 See Appendix B. 2 This conjecture regarding the population of Benares is not correct. The Government... | |
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