 | 1868
...broad and stately flights of steps, which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps...the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." * In the opinion of the people, every part of the city is holy — so holy, that whoever dies there,... | |
 | EDWARD THOMSON - 1870
...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 and of Versailles ; and in the bazaars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabers of Oude were mingled... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871
...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... | |
 | John Francis Davis - 1871 - 98 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 * Appendix A. Petit Trianon ; and in the bazaars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1873
...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 halls of St. James's and of the Petit Trianon ; and in the bazaars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873
...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... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1876
...All along the shore 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 halls of St. James and of Versailles ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the satins of Oude... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 850 pages
...delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles; and in the bazars, the mnslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with...the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere. This rich capital, and the surrounding tract, had long been under the immediate rule of a Hindoo prince,... | |
 | 1878
...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...the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." Benares, like Athens in the days of St. Paul, is a city wholly given to idolatry. For the sanctity... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle - 1878 - 666 pages
...Besides the costly offerings of religion, commerce had enriched this favored city. ' In its bazaar the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were...the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.' Warren Hastings was in need of money. His was the hand by which miyht made riyltt, and, in defiance... | |
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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... 
