 Hindoos from every province where the 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 pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.  The countries of the world - Page 184by Robert Brown - 1876Full view - About this book
 | J. F. Packard - 1880 - 832 pages
...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die, for it was believed that a peculiarly...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... | |
 | J. F. Packard - 1880 - 840 pages
...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die, for it was believed that a peculiarly...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 828 pages
...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly...which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Coimncrc-c had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great... | |
 | Modern geographical readers - 1882 - 324 pages
...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...pass from the sacred city into the sacred river."* 7. The Ganges is liable to great variation in depth and width. The melting snows of the Himalayas in... | |
 | James Grant - 1883 - 680 pages
...Ganges, were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshippers. The schools md temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province...Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise." Many of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883 - 876 pages
...haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable abington Macaulay ^Tor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that gic;ii metropolis. Commerce had... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883 - 874 pages
...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die : for it was believed that a peculiarly...metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. AH along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Hastings.) - 1883 - 244 pages
...Hindoos 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...superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that 10 great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable... | |
 | World - 1884 - 560 pages
...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly...Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of thevenerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms... | |
 | James Kennedy (missionary.) - 1884 - 424 pages
...Hindus from every province where the Brahmanical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die, for it was believed that a peculiarly...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... | |
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