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" ... descending the steps to the riverside, the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect, the turbans and the flowing robes, the spears and the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince,... "
Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings - Page 154
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 227 pages
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Why We Punctuate: Or, Reason Versus Rule in the Use of Marks

William Livingston Klein - 1916 - 262 pages
...of state; the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his...road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. The value of punctuation will appear in comparing this passage, as above printed, with the same passage...
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To the homes of eminent orators

Elbert Hubbard - 1916 - 554 pages
...and silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these things were to him as familiar as the subjects which lay on the road between Beaconsneld and Saint James Street. All India...
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A Working Grammar of the English Language: Designed to Give in Simple ...

James Champlin Fernald - 1917 - 352 pages
...(in India), the close litter of the noble lady, — all these things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed, as the objects...road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. ... He had just as lively an idea of the insurrection at Benares as of Lord George Gordon's riots.—...
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A Working Grammar of the English Language: Designed to Give in Simple ...

James Champlin Fernald - 1917 - 364 pages
...piety still dictate The Countess's command. WALPOLE. The gorgeous palanquin of the prince (in India), the close litter of the noble lady, — all these things were to him as the objects amid which h's own life had been passed, as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield...
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Model English: The qualities of style. 1919

Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1919 - 328 pages
...the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all these...India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns to the wild moor where the gypsy...
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The Art of Interesting: Its Theory and Practice for Speakers and Writers

Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1920 - 346 pages
...the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all these...India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns to the wild moor where the gypsy...
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Historical Essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1921 - 542 pages
...people follow. gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his...India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold and perfumes at the feet of sovereigns to the wild moor where the gipsy...
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JOURNEYS

CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CHROUGH BOOKLAND - 1922 - 530 pages
...the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all these...which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold...
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Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading ..., Volume 9

Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 pages
...the silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of state, the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all these...which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where suitors laid gold...
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