 ... descending the steps to the riverside, 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,...  Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings - Page 154by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 227 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...of state ; the gorgeous palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his...India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns, to the wild moor where the gipsy-camp... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 442 pages
...the silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these...objects amidst which his own life had been passed." * If such should be the rich, varied, and animated picture which the imaginative eye suddenly conjures... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...canopies of state; the gorgeous palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady—all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been passed—as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. All India... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed — as the objects which lay OH the road between Beaconsfield and St. James' Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind,... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...the silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these...objects amidst which his own life had been passed."* If such should be the rich, varied, and animated picture which the imaginative eye suddenly conjures... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 pages
...the silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palakin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these...objects amidst which his own life had been passed." If such should be the rich, varied, and animated picture which the imaginative eye suddenly conjures... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 pages
...the silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palakin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these...objects amidst which his own life had been passed." If such should be the rich, varied, and animated picture which the imaginative eye suddenly conjures... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed, as the objects...India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns, to the wild moor where the gipsy-camp... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed, as the objects...India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns, to the wild moor where the gipsy-camp... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the ob jects amid which his own life had been passed, as the objects...and St. James's Street. All India was present to the eve of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns, to... | |
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