 ... 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 pagina’s
...faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect ; the turbans and the flowing robes ; the spears and silver maces ; the elephants with their canopies of...prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been passed — as the objects... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pagina’s
...faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect, the turbans and the flowing robes, the spears and silver maces, the elephants with their canopies of...prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been passed, as the objects which... | |
 | Sir Vivian Dering Majendie - 1859 - 394 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 palanquin of the prince, the close litter of the noble lady -" all these things were strange to us no longer, and we had tumbled... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 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...passed, as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. All India was present to the eyo of his mind, from the halls where... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1078 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...passed, as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 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...lady, all these things Were to him as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James's-street. All India was present to the eye... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 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...the close litter of the noble lady, — all these were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been passed, as the objects which lay on the... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pagina’s
...black faces, the long beards, the yellows streaks of sect, the turbans and the f! owing robes, the spears and the silver maces, the elephants with their...prince, and the close litter of the noble lady, all those things were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been placed, as the objects which... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 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...passed, as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 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...passed, as the objects which lay on the road between Beaconsfield and St. James's Street. All India was present to the eye of his mind, from the halls where... | |
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