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" 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 Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times - Page 10
by Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 388 pages
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Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places rests. This system, which was introduced by Mr Pitt...opposition of Mr Burke, we conceive to be on the Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: Critical and historical essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps...worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither...
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The World and Its People, Book 6

Larkin Dunton - 1897 - 340 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshipers. " The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahminical...
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Life in Asia

Mary Cate Smith - 1897 - 348 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshipers. "The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahminical...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 9

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathingplaces along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps...worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither...
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Life in Asia

Mary Cate Smith - 1898 - 346 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshipers. " The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahminical...
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Macaulay's Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 322 pages
...flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Qanges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable...worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. 5 Hundreds of devotees caine thither...
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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review ..., Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 534 pages
...flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Gangesiwere worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable...worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither...
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Macaulay's Essays on Clive and Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 300 pages
...broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude of worshipers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brah10...
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Essay on Warren Hastings

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 328 pages
...broad and 25 stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps...worshippers. The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. 5 Hundreds of devotees came thither...
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