 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1912 - 340 pages
...along the Ganges were worn every day s by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshipers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos...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 10... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 842 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... | |
 | John Murray - 1919 - 1012 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 crowd-s of pious Hindoos from every Erovince where the Hrahrninical faith was nown. Hundreds of devotees came hither every month to die,... | |
 | 1924 - 1010 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 £rovince where the Brahminical faith was nown. Hundreds of devotees came hither every month to die,... | |
 | Warner Taylor - 1927 - 668 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 Ferguson Beatson Laurie - 1999 - 398 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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer - 2000 - 768 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 . . . Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a peculiarly... | |
 | 1842 - 576 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... | |
 | 1842 - 574 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... | |
 | Michael Edwardes - 1976 - 228 pages
...bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of 45 worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of...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... | |
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