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" 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... "
Life in Asia - Page 129
by Mary Cate Smith - 1898 - 328 pages
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Siam: The Land of the White Elephant, as it was and is

1873 - 448 pages
...hold it up. Two thirds of the way from the base, stand, I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze. Here was where the music came from. Even as I stood and looked, I caught the breezes at it. Coming...
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The Life and Travels of General Grant ...

J. T. Headley - 1879 - 880 pages
...and claws, to hold it up. Twothirds of the way from the base stand four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze. Here was where the musi'j came from. Even as I stood and looked, I caught the breezes at it. Coming...
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The Travels of General Grant

J. T. Headley - 1881 - 650 pages
...claws, to hold it up. Twothirds of the way from the base stand four white elephants, •wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...swinging that they wer'e vocal in the slightest breeze. Here was where the music came from. Even as I stood and looked, I caught the breezes at it. Coming...
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Siam: Or, The Heart of Farther India

Mary L. Cort - 1886 - 426 pages
...or claws, to hold it up. Two-thirds of the way from the base, stand four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...spire. This was the temple tower, and all over the magnhicent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection,...
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Siam, the Land of the White Elephant, as it was and is

1900 - 506 pages
...hold it up. Two thirds of the way from the base, stand, I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four...prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet- toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues ; so swinging that they were...
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Life in Asia

Mary Cate Smith - 1897 - 346 pages
...borne by his attendants. Next comes the white elephant, the hero of this occasion, led by his keeper. THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE. they were fed from golden...swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze." THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE. quin on either side, is now under the control of France. The people are very...
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