Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India, Part 68, Volume 1Richard Bentley, 1834 - India |
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Page 60
... feet long , and half as broad , fixed to a long bamboo , forming a bold curve in the centre , which there rises about four feet from the frame . Over the bamboo is spread a canopy of cloth , or velvet , the length of the shell , adorned ...
... feet long , and half as broad , fixed to a long bamboo , forming a bold curve in the centre , which there rises about four feet from the frame . Over the bamboo is spread a canopy of cloth , or velvet , the length of the shell , adorned ...
Page 61
... feet being hung with small bells , which sound in concert with the music . Two girls usually per- form at the same time ; their steps are not so mazy or active as ours , but much more interesting ; as the song , the music , and the ...
... feet being hung with small bells , which sound in concert with the music . Two girls usually per- form at the same time ; their steps are not so mazy or active as ours , but much more interesting ; as the song , the music , and the ...
Page 81
... feet in length , and three in breadth , appearing like the clear flame over burning spirits ; sometimes it rises to the height of several yards , at others only a few inches above the aperture . It has continued thus for ages without ...
... feet in length , and three in breadth , appearing like the clear flame over burning spirits ; sometimes it rises to the height of several yards , at others only a few inches above the aperture . It has continued thus for ages without ...
Page 82
... feet in diameter , surrounded by circular walls , twenty feet high . Within this enclosure is a smooth pavement , sloping gradually from the side of the wall to the centre , where it ter- minates in a deep pit ; the bodies are laid on ...
... feet in diameter , surrounded by circular walls , twenty feet high . Within this enclosure is a smooth pavement , sloping gradually from the side of the wall to the centre , where it ter- minates in a deep pit ; the bodies are laid on ...
Page 114
... feet long , thirty broad , and ten in height : the roof and sides are not ornamented , but at the termination is a large image , seated on a throne , with a smaller figure on each side , and two mutilated animals under his feet ; the ...
... feet long , thirty broad , and ten in height : the roof and sides are not ornamented , but at the termination is a large image , seated on a throne , with a smaller figure on each side , and two mutilated animals under his feet ; the ...
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Page 208 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold, the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee, sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Page 41 - And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Page 25 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 482 - And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Page 508 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 198 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 194 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
Page 420 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page ix - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 354 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.