 Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great...  The countries of the world - Page 184by Robert Brown - 1876Full view - About this book
 | J. F. Packard - 1880 - 832 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples...Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die, for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 828 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples...Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 592 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples...every province where the Brahminical faith was known. . . . Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 634 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples...from every province where the Brahminical faith was kuown. . . . Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 pages
...('ranges, were worn ev.-ry day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The *.-h<•ils and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. . . . Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1881 - 380 pages
...dignity, and sanctity, was among the foremost in Asia. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither to die ; for it was believed by the superstitious Hindu that a particularly happy fate awaited... | |
 | Modern geographical readers - 1882 - 196 pages
...haunts to the bathing places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province; and hundreds of devotees came hither every month to die : for it was believed that a peculiarly happy... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Hastings.) - 1883 - 244 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples...from every province where the Brahminical faith was 5 known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly... | |
 | World - 1884 - 560 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools and temples...Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 pages
...haunts to the hathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multit thither every month to die : for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should... | |
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