Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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 countries of the world - Page 184
by Robert Brown - 1876
Full view - About this book

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 silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles. ..." — Warren Hastings, p. 103, 1. 13. P. 50, 1. 4. This...
Full view - About this book

Macaulay's Essays on Clive and Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 300 pages
...strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as 15 many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...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...
Full view - About this book

Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 328 pages
...strangers to that great metrop- 10 olis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...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...
Full view - About this book

Essays on Clive and Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 346 pages
...stran15 gers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...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...
Full view - About this book

The Holy City (Benares)

Rajani Ranjan Sen - 1912 - 370 pages
...the last century had called forth the following eulogium from Macaulay's pen : " All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...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." We next come to...
Full view - About this book

Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1912 - 340 pages
...strangers to that great metropolis. 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 15 looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of...
Full view - About this book

Literary Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 842 pages
...strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles ; and, in the bazars, the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of...
Full view - About this book

The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1868 - 1204 pages
...strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went furth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles ; and in the...
Full view - About this book

Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish ...

John Murray - 1919 - 1012 pages
...strangers lo that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All aloni; the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels...the most delicate silks that adorned the halls of St James's and of Versailles; and in the bazaars, the muslins of Bengal and the satires of Oude were mingled...
Full view - About this book

Theme-building

Charles Henshaw Ward - 1920 - 584 pages
...strangers to that great metropolis. (8) Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. (9) All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. (10) From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF