 ... with his face to Mecca, the drums, a.nd banners, and gaudy idols, the devotee swinging in the air, the graceful maiden, with the pitcher on her head, descending the steps to the river-side, the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect,...  Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review - Pagina 166door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1842 - 654 pagina’s
...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 palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 442 pagina’s
...the spears and the silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady...objects amidst which his own life had been passed." * If such should be the rich, varied, and animated picture which the imaginative eye suddenly conjures... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pagina’s
...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 palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady—all those things were to him as the... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pagina’s
...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 palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pagina’s
...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 palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these things were to him as... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 902 pagina’s
...the spears and the silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palakin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady...objects amidst which his own life had been passed." If such should be the rich, varied, and animated picture which the imaginative eye suddenly conjures... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 pagina’s
...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 palakin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these things were to him as the... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pagina’s
...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...palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the ob jects amid which his own life had been passed, as the... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pagina’s
...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...palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed, as the objects... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pagina’s
...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...palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed, as the objects... | |
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