Life in AsiaSilver, Burdett & Company, 1898 - 328 pages |
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... never been surpassed . While the peoples of other lands have been quick to invent and to improve machinery , the peoples of Asia have made no such progress ; but the same slow , clumsy methods of work are practiced to - day which were ...
... never been surpassed . While the peoples of other lands have been quick to invent and to improve machinery , the peoples of Asia have made no such progress ; but the same slow , clumsy methods of work are practiced to - day which were ...
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... never relaxed . The Himalayas not only protect India from outside foes , but are the direct and necessary cause of its great fertility . Under the tropical heat of the sun vast quantities of moisture are drawn from the distant Indian ...
... never relaxed . The Himalayas not only protect India from outside foes , but are the direct and necessary cause of its great fertility . Under the tropical heat of the sun vast quantities of moisture are drawn from the distant Indian ...
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... never seen , many of them topped with waving plumes , and imagine them all ten or twelve feet high , growing together in densest luxuri- ance , and you will have some idea of the grasses in an Indian jungle . The undergrowth and thick ...
... never seen , many of them topped with waving plumes , and imagine them all ten or twelve feet high , growing together in densest luxuri- ance , and you will have some idea of the grasses in an Indian jungle . The undergrowth and thick ...
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... never to be in a hurry about business ; but let a customer appear , and they begin with great vigor to recommend their wares . Within these shops we see skilled workmen engaged in manufacturing various useful and ornamental articles ...
... never to be in a hurry about business ; but let a customer appear , and they begin with great vigor to recommend their wares . Within these shops we see skilled workmen engaged in manufacturing various useful and ornamental articles ...
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... never forgotten . It would be impossible to enumerate the many rules and regula- tions which separate the different castes . A few of these rules may illustrate the strange caste distinctions of the people of India . It is not allowable.
... never forgotten . It would be impossible to enumerate the many rules and regula- tions which separate the different castes . A few of these rules may illustrate the strange caste distinctions of the people of India . It is not allowable.
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ancient animal Arabia Arabs Asia bamboo bazaars beautiful Bedouins Benares boats Bombay Brahmin buildings built Calcutta called camel canals capital caravan Caspian Sea Ceylon China Chinaman Chinese cloth coast commerce covered crossed crowded curious customs Delhi desert dress East elephant emperor empire English enter famous feet fertile flowers foreign gardens gold harbor Himalayas Hindu horses houses Hung Chang important India interesting island Japan Japanese journey Kioto Kobé Korea land large number Li Hung Chang magnificent Mecca Mogul Mogul Empire Mohammedan mosques mountains nations native palaces palm Parsees pass Peacock Throne Peking Persia plain port priests railroad rice rich river road Russian sacred seen ships shops Siam Siberia side sight silk soon steamers stone story strange streets surrounded temples thousand Tibet Tientsin Tokio town trade traveler trees tribes villages walls whole worship Yokohama
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Page 281 - And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Page 81 - Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares...
Page 101 - Hark cannonade, fusillade! is it true what was told by the scout, Outram and Havelock breaking their way through the fell mutineers? Surely the pibroch of Europe is ringing again in our ears! All on a sudden the garrison utter a jubilant shout, Havelock's glorious Highlanders answer with conquering cheers...
Page 25 - To him the palm is a gift divine, Wherein all uses of man combine — House and raiment, and food and wine ! And, in the hour of his great release, His need of the palm shall only cease With the shroud wherein he lieth in peace.
Page 81 - 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...
Page 81 - 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 make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude...
Page 259 - Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses * Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Page 78 - After which, one of the men, taking a large earthen vessel, with a capacious mouth, filled it with water, and turned it upside down, when all the water flowed out ; but the moment it was placed with the mouth upwards, it always became full. He then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect it who chose. This being done, he desired that one of the party would fill it ; his request was obeyed ; still, when he reversed the jar, not a...
Page 129 - I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four points of the compass. From the rounded summit rises, like a needle, a sharp spire. This was the temple tower, and all over the magnificent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet-toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues ; so swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze.
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