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" For the sanctity of its inhabitants — of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells and streams — of the very soil that is trodden — of the very air that is breathed — and of everything in it and around it, Benares has been famed for thousands... "
From Calcutta to the Snowy Range: Being the Narrative of a Trip Through the ... - Page 33
1866 - 263 pages
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Calcutta Review, Volume 40

1864 - 508 pages
...pre-Vedie, periods, there can be no doubt. By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm, this city has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...every century of its existence. For the sanctity of inhabitants, of its temples and tanks, of its wells and . of the very soil that is trodden, of the...
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From Calcutta to the Snowy range. By an old Indian (F.F.W.).

Frederick F. Wyman - 1866 - 396 pages
...Government stables for horse-breeding and rearing, we arrive at the next principal halting-place — Mogul Serai, another junction 236 miles distant from...subtle and mysterious charm, has linked itself with the Hindoo Superstition. 47 religious sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence....
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The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times

Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 454 pages
...city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to. By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm, it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...sanctity of its inhabitants — of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells and streams — of the very soil that is trodden — of the very air that...
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The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times

Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 448 pages
...city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to. By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm, it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...existence. ^ For the sanctity of its inhabitants — of its '. ': temjjlftS.«rcd:reservoirs — of its wells and streams — of the * •«.••«,, :.' :*!wry::soil.-.th!rt...
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The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times

Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 452 pages
...city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to. By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm, it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...century of its existence. For the sanctity of its inhabitants—of its temples and reservoirs—of its wells and streams—of the very soil that is trodden—of...
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The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times

Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 456 pages
...city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to. By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm, it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...through every century of its existence. For the sanctity o£ its inhabitants — of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells and streams — of the very...
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Remains of Lost Empires: Sketches of the Ruins of Palmyra, Nineveh, Babylon ...

Philip Van Ness Myers - 1875 - 574 pages
...religious life of Hindustan. " By reason of some subtile and mysterious charm," writes Sherring, "it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...sanctity of its inhabitants — of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells and streams — of the very soil that is trodden — of the very air that...
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Modern Hinduism: Being an Account of the Religion and Life of the Hindus in ...

William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 522 pages
...cannot now be ascertained with anything like certainty. " By some subtle, mysterious charm this city has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...the sanctity of its inhabitants, of its temples and tombs, of its wells and streams, of the very soil that is trodden, of the air that is breathed, and...
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Modern Hinduism: Being an Account of the Religion and Life of the Hindus in ...

William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 548 pages
...cannot now be ascertained with anything like certaintyr4-*' By some subtle, mysterious charm this city has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...the sanctity of its inhabitants, of its temples and tombs, of its wells and streams, of the very soil that is trodden, of the air that is breathed, and...
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The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research ..., Volume 2

Josephus Nelson Larned - 1922 - 960 pages
...city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to. By reason of some subtle and mysterious charm, it has linked itself with the religious sympathies of...sanctity of its inhabitants —of its temples and reservoirs — of its wells and streams — of the very soil that is trodden — of the very air that...
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