From New York to Delhi: By Way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China

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Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 - 466 pages

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Page 279 - Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust : thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Page 328 - Windsor,) — but for varied and picturesque effect, for richness of carving, for wild beauty of situation, for the number and romantic singularity of the apartments, and the strangeness of finding such a building in such a place and country, I am able to compare nothing with Umeer...
Page 375 - Such luxury in a camp is scarcely to be conceived. -And besides what has been described, every tent had its exact duplicate, which was sent on in advance to be prepared against the emperor's arrival. His march was a grand procession, and when he entered his pavilion, a salvo from 50 pieces of ordnance announced the event. In all places and circumstances he assumed and maintained every form and ceremony observed at the established residences of the imperial court.
Page 244 - ... in length. The mosque is flanked by two minarets 130 feet high, composed of white marble and red sandstone placed vertically in alternate stripes, and access is obtained to the top of them by flights of narrow steps of red sandstone in the interior; at about equal distance there are three projecting galleries, and they are crowned with light pavilions of white marble.
Page 183 - ... his master, without polluting the whole house ; he may enter the room where he sits, touch the dish he uses, sleep under the same roof, and prepare the food he eats. He is not made to feel that his step defiles a room ; that his touch infects the purest wares ; and that he carries in his own body, no matter how clean, a cursed incurable filthiness which fills with disgust all who have proper human sentiments.
Page 375 - ... it, a raised seat or throne for the emperor, surrounded by gilded pillars with canopies of velvet, richly fringed, and superbly embroidered; separate tents, as mosques, and oratories; baths and galleries for archery, and gymnastic exercises ; a seraglio as remarkable for luxury and privacy as that of Delhi ; Persian carpets, damasks...
Page 419 - The mosques were destroyed and the mullds killed ; but the rage of the Sikhs was not restrained by any considerations of religion, or by any mercy for age or sex. Whole towns were massacred with wanton barbarity, and even the bodies of the dead were dug up and thrown out to the birds and beasts of prey.
Page 181 - Brahmin eats but his own food ; wears but his own apparel ; and bestows but his own in alms : through the benevolence of the Brahmin, indeed, other mortals enjoy life.
Page 236 - It is a large hall open at three sides and supported by rows of red sand-stone pillars, formerly adorned with gilding and stucco work. In the wall at the back is a staircase that leads up to the throne, which is raised about ten feet from the ground, and is covered by a canopy supported on four pillars of white marble, the whole being curiously inlaid with mosaic work ; behind the throne is a doorway by which the Emperor entered from his private apartments. The whole of the wall behind the throne...
Page 238 - It is raised on a terrace for feet high, the floor of which is composed of flags of white marble. Between each of the front row of pillars is a balustrade of marble chastely carved in several designs of perforated work. The top of the building is ornamented with four marble pavilions with gilt cupolas the ceiling of the pavilion was originally completely covered with silver filagree work...

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