 ... with his face to Mecca, the drums, and 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,...  Concord - Page 1041901Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1842 - 654 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...river-side; 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1843 - 442 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...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... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...; 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 - London (England). - 1851 - 882 pages
...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 palakin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these things were to him as the... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England). - 1851 - 902 pages
...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 palakin of the prince, and the close litter of the noble lady — all these things were to him as the... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...the black faces, the long beards, the yellow streaks of sect ; the turbans and the flowing robes ; f "our brighluat ornaments,'' refers no doubt to a...about one hundred and sixty of whom lost their elec lady, all these things were to him as the ob jects amid which his own life had been passed, as the... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...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...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 - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...side; 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...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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