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Page 13
... hundred feet high - forty feet higher than St. Paul's . Besides Buddhism in the south , and Brahmanism chiefly in the north , there is Mohammedanism among the Moormen , who are in the main of Persian origin . Romanism , planted by the ...
... hundred feet high - forty feet higher than St. Paul's . Besides Buddhism in the south , and Brahmanism chiefly in the north , there is Mohammedanism among the Moormen , who are in the main of Persian origin . Romanism , planted by the ...
Page 14
... hundred years , from the seventh to the eleventh century , the incursions and exploits of the Malabars harassed the ... feet long , only twenty inches wide , three feet in depth , including the washboard , which is sewn to the gunwale ...
... hundred years , from the seventh to the eleventh century , the incursions and exploits of the Malabars harassed the ... feet long , only twenty inches wide , three feet in depth , including the washboard , which is sewn to the gunwale ...
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... feet or round the loins . The city of Colombo , whose population now numbers one hundred and twenty thousand , presents but few features of interest to the tourist . It extends about four miles along the coast and two miles inland , and ...
... feet or round the loins . The city of Colombo , whose population now numbers one hundred and twenty thousand , presents but few features of interest to the tourist . It extends about four miles along the coast and two miles inland , and ...
Page 20
... hundred thousand natives ( chiefly Tamils ) are employed on the plantations , which cover over one hundred thousand ... feet ; and from the summit of the pass a view of Newera Ellia is ob- tained . At this height , the coffee plantations ...
... hundred thousand natives ( chiefly Tamils ) are employed on the plantations , which cover over one hundred thousand ... feet ; and from the summit of the pass a view of Newera Ellia is ob- tained . At this height , the coffee plantations ...
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... thousand three hundred and forty feet above the sea , or nine hundred and forty feet higher than Adam's Peak . Here one soon gets into the lonely jungle , where in the early morning nature teems with life and motion , and the air is ...
... thousand three hundred and forty feet above the sea , or nine hundred and forty feet higher than Adam's Peak . Here one soon gets into the lonely jungle , where in the early morning nature teems with life and motion , and the air is ...
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Agra Amritsar ANURAJAPURA Asoka beautiful Benares Bengal boat Bombay Bombay Presidency Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building built Calcutta called capital carved cave centre century Ceylon Christian church coast Colombo colossal DAGOBA DARJEELING Delhi district domes Dravidian east eight elephant English famous flowers forest four Ganges gardens gateway Ghât gopuras granite Haidarabad hill Himalayas Hindu Hinduism huge hundred and fifty hundred feet high hundred miles idol idolatry Indus inscription island Jabalpur Jains Kandy land Landour Madras Madras Presidency mission missionary Moguls Mohammedan mosque mountains native northwards Orissa PAGODA palace Parsis peaks PESHAWAR pillars plain population railway Rajah Rajputana red sandstone religion rising river road rock round ruins sacred Sanscrit shrine side Singalese Siva square station stone summit Tamils Tanjore tank temple thousand feet three hundred Tinnevelly tomb tope tower town trees Trichinopoly twenty valley village Vishnu wall white marble worship yards
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Page 11 - Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheered with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 135 - I am now going to the city of Benares to establish the kingdom of righteousness, to give light to those enshrouded in darkness, and to open the gate of immortality to men.
Page viii - What is this world?' says a Brahman sage. 'It is even as the bough of a tree, on which a bird rests for a night, and in the morning flies away.
Page 173 - But when all these admissions in favour of Switzerland are made, the Himalaya still remain unsurpassed, and even unapproached, as regards all the wilder and grander features of mountain scenery. There is nothing in the Alps which can afford even a faint idea of the savage desolation and appalling sublimity of many of the Himalayan scenes.
Page 74 - To the Sepulchres Of the Ancient Kings, which Baly, in his power, Made in primeval times, and built above them A City, like the Cities of the Gods, Being like a God himself. For many an age Hath Ocean warred against his Palaces, Till, overwhelmed, they lie beneath the waves, Not overthrown, so well the awful Chief Had laid their deep foundations.
Page 149 - As it stands on a rising ground, when looked at from below, its appearance is noble beyond that of any portal attached to any mosque in India, perhaps in the whole world.
Page 66 - Rajah shed a flood of tears over his body, and covered it with a gold cloth.
Page 74 - Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge...
Page 123 - Famine is the horizon of the Indian villager; insufficient food is the foreground. And this is the more extraordinary since the villager is surrounded by a dreamland of plenty. Everywhere you see fields flooded deep with millet and wheat. The village and its old trees have to climb on to a knoll to keep their feet out of the glorious poppy and the luscious sugar-cane. Sumptuous cream-coloured bullocks move sleepily about with an air of luxurious sloth; and sleek Brahmans utter their lazy prayers...
Page 107 - Msirtyn, who took up his abode there, with an imagination inflamed by the traditions of the place. He " felt something like superstitious dread at being in a place once inhabited as it were by devils ; but yet felt disposed to be triumphantly joyful that the temple where they were worshipped was become Christ's oratory.