 | 1842 - 654 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...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...palankin of the 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...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...prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all those things were to him as the objects amid which his own life had been passed — as the objects... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 pages
...sellers, to the jungle where the lonely courier shakes his bunch of iron rings to scare away the hyeenas. The burning sun ; the strange vegetation of the palm...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 pages
...sellers, to the jungle where the lonely courier shakes his bunch of iron rings to scare away the hysenas. The burning sun ; the strange vegetation of the palm...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 862 pages
...with his face to Mecca : the drums, and banners, and gaudy idols; the devotee swinging in the airj the graceful maiden, with the pitcher on her head,...palankin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady—all these things were to him as the objects amidst which his own life had been passed."* If... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...the peasant's hut, and the rich tracery of the mosque, where the imaum prayed with his face toward Mecca; the drums, and banners, and gaudy idols ; the...elephants, with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...the peasant's hut, and the rich tracery of the mosque, where the imaum prayed with his face toward Mecca ; the drums, and banners, and gaudy idols ;...elephants, with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 pages
...banners, and gaudy idols ; the devotee swinging in the air ; the graceful maiden, with the pitcher oa her head, descending the steps to the river side ;...elephants, with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the ob jects... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 pages
...the graceful maiden, with the pitcher on her head, descending the steps to the river side ; the Mack faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect...elephants, with their canopies of state ; the gorgeous palanquin of the prince, and the close litter of the lady, all these things were to him as the objects... | |
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... 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, and the close litter of the noble lady... 
