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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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Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 196 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...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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Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 216 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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Essay on Lord Clive

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 294 pages
...the con..non Biblical expression. See Genesis xvi, 10. 1. 26. Looms. In Warren Hastings he writes : " From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate...adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles. ..." — Warren Hastings, p. 103, 1. 13. P. 50, 1. 4. This idea is thus expanded in Warren Hastings...
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Macaulay's Essays on Clive and Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 326 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 sabers of Oude 20 were mingled...
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Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 328 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 15 Versailles ; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the...
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Essays on Clive and Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 346 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 20 Versailles; and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabers of Oude were mingled with the...
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Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1912 - 340 pages
...shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the 15 looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks...the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere. This rich capital, and the surrounding tract, had long been 20 under the immediate rule of a Hindoo...
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The Holy City (Benares)

Rajani Ranjan Sen - 1912 - 340 pages
...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...the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." We next come to the large square with the imposing building on the right where the Chauk Police is...
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The Holy City (Benares)

Rajani Ranjan Sen - 1912 - 370 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 of Versailles ; and in the bazaars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1868 - 1206 pages
...stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went furth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of...the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were miugled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere." * In the opii.ion of t!:c people,...
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