 | John Russell Young - 1879 - 1262 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 halls of St. James and Versailles ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabers of Oude... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880
...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. This rich capital and the surrounding tract had long been under the immediate rule of a Hindoo prince... | |
 | J. F. Packard - 1880 - 803 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 halls of St. James and Versailles ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude... | |
 | J. F. Packard - 1880 - 802 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 halls of St. James and Versailles ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 360 pages
...concrete terms rather than of general and abstract. Macaulay supplies us with a good example : — " 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 sabres of Oude... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 548 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... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1881 - 312 pages
...All along the shores of the mighty Ganges lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the courts of St. James and Versailles; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 548 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 Outle were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere. " There is thus no lack... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883
...AH 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Hastings.) - 1883 - 208 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. 15 James's and of Versailles ; and in the bazaars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were... | |
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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... 
