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" 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 scarcely... "
The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times - Page 3
by Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 388 pages
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Life in Asia

Mary Cate Smith - 1897 - 346 pages
...given us this beautiful description of Benares: "His [Warren Hastings'] first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity...labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines and minarets and balconies and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. "The traveler could scarcely...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: Critical and historical essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pages
...nor -were the resources of his fruitful mind by any means exhausted. His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity,...Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of numan beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 9

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 pages
...nor were the resources of his fruitful mind by any means exhausted. His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity,...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...
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Life in Asia

Mary Cate Smith - 1898 - 346 pages
...given us this beautiful description of Benares : " His [Warren Hastings'] first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity...labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines and minarets and balconies and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. " The traveler could scarcely...
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Across India at the Dawn of the 20th Century

Lucy Evangeline Guinness, Lucy E. Guinness-Kumm - 1898 - 272 pages
...Chapter XIX THE FOCUS OF HEATHENISM IN INDIA It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings 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...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 822 pages
...nor were the resources of his fruitful mind by any means exhausted. His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity,...among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed thiit half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines,...
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A Grammar of Late Modern English, for the Use of Continental ..., Part 2

Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 728 pages
...treat a victory at this election as a victory for Tariff Reform. Westm. Gaz., No. 5478 16. million, f It was commonly believed that half a million of human...beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys. MAC., War. Hast., (627a). ministry, i. The ministry is afraid to refuse. Westm. Gaz., No. 5277, 26....
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A Grammar of Late Modern English, for the Use of Continental ..., Part 2

Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 724 pages
...treat a victory at this election as a victory for Tariff Reform. Westm. Gaz., No. 5478 16. million, f " was commonly believed that half a million of human...beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys. MAC., War. Hast., (627a). ministry, i. The ministry is afraid to refuse. Westm. Gaz., No. 5277, 26....
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A Grammar of Late Modern English: The sentence. 1st half. the elements of ...

Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - 556 pages
...Looking Backward, Ch. XVII, 85. Liverpool contains nearly half a million people. CHARLOTTE M. MASON. ii. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofiy alleys. MAC, War. Hast., (627 a). The meeting on Kennington Common, so far from being a gathering...
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Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 196 pages
...were the resources of his fruitful mind by any means 10 exhausted, His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity,...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...
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