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" 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 went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of... "
The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times - Page 4
by Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 388 pages
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Historical Essays of Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 432 pages
...All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...balls of St. James's and of Versailles; and in the bazars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the...
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Historical Essays of Macaulay: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Lord Clive ...

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 420 pages
...All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...balls of St. James's and of Versailles; and in the bazars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the...
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Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pages
...All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. and the Petit Trianon ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with...
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Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...business to beg for alms. venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and Versailles ; l and in the bazars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were 5 mingled with...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ...

William Minto - 1892 - 584 pages
...went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St James's and of the Petit Trianon ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Goleonda and the shawls of Cashmere." There is thus no lack of pictorial matter in Macaulay. The peculiarity...
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Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 260 pages
...along the shores of 30 the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of the Petit Trianon : and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with...
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Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pages
...All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...silks that adorned the balls of St James's and of the Petit Trianon : and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with...
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The Poverty Problem in India: Being a Dissertation on the Causes and ...

Prithwis Chandra Ray - 1895 - 358 pages
...(nightingale's eyes), mitrgala (peacock's neck), and shikargah (the hunting grounds). Macaulay has recorded that 'from the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of the Petit Trianon.' But ever since Europe began to manufacture silk on her own account and export a...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ...

William Minto - 1895 - 578 pages
...went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St James's and of the Petit Trianon ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude ^_ were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." • There is thus no lack...
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Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 262 pages
...along the shores of 30 the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of the Petit Trianon : and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with...
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