| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Larkin Dunton - 1897 - 340 pages
...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...Versailles; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabers of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." Though this was... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 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... | |
| Mary Cate Smith - 1897 - 348 pages
...a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river. balls of St. James's and of Versailles ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabers of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." Though this was... | |
| Mary Cate Smith - 1898 - 346 pages
...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...; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabers of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." Though this was... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 822 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...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,... | |
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