 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 pages
...His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity, was amnng the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believed that...of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and bnVonies, and carved oriels to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarce... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 582 pages
...The description of Benares is a fair specimen of his manner : — " His first design was on Benares, a city which in wealth, population, dignity, and sanctity, was among the foremost of Asia. It was commonly believe.! that linl!' a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth ot lofty alleys, rich... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 260 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pages
...were the resources of his fruitful mind by any means exhausted. . His first design was on Benares, n a great measure to be attributed to the influence...evidently did not consider the revolution which Socrates and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 262 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, was among the foremost of Asia. J It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty... | |
 | Larkin Dunton - 1897 - 340 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... | |
 | Mary Cate Smith - 1897 - 348 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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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... 
