Memoirs of a CadetSaunders, 1839 - 338 Seiten |
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... marble , rising from a noble base of the same materials above a hundred † yards square : this base or terrace is elevated more than twenty feet above the level of the garden , which gives the building a full and fine relief , and ...
... marble , rising from a noble base of the same materials above a hundred † yards square : this base or terrace is elevated more than twenty feet above the level of the garden , which gives the building a full and fine relief , and ...
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... marble minaret of four stories , each having a neat balcony , and ending in a fine pavilion , crowned by a dome , whose height from the garden is about one hundred and fifty feet : that of the grand dome of the Taje is two hun- dred ...
... marble minaret of four stories , each having a neat balcony , and ending in a fine pavilion , crowned by a dome , whose height from the garden is about one hundred and fifty feet : that of the grand dome of the Taje is two hun- dred ...
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... marble . They are at the distance of one hundred yards on either side , and are erected on a base nearly twenty feet lower than the Taje . An octagon building of three stories rises at each angle of the garden , affording to visitors ...
... marble . They are at the distance of one hundred yards on either side , and are erected on a base nearly twenty feet lower than the Taje . An octagon building of three stories rises at each angle of the garden , affording to visitors ...
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... marble reservoir in the centre , which is constantly kept full . The outside of the Taje is highly ornamented with Arabic in- scriptions in large black marble letters round the doors and arches , and with flowers composed of various ...
... marble reservoir in the centre , which is constantly kept full . The outside of the Taje is highly ornamented with Arabic in- scriptions in large black marble letters round the doors and arches , and with flowers composed of various ...
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... marble railing ( or screen ) near nine feet high , of exquisite beauty . To say that these tombs are of the most lovely white marble , is but slight praise , where marble , and that of the finest kind , is the most vulgar article of ...
... marble railing ( or screen ) near nine feet high , of exquisite beauty . To say that these tombs are of the most lovely white marble , is but slight praise , where marble , and that of the finest kind , is the most vulgar article of ...
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afterwards Agra Allahabad amongst amusement appeared arms arrival Askern bank battalion beautiful became Benares Bengal Berhampore boat budgerow building Buxar Calcutta called Calpee cantonment Cawnpore centre command commenced Cossimbazar Delhi delightful Dinapore distance dome durzee duty EDMUND LODGE elephants English Etawah European feet flowers four Ganges gentleman ghaut head height Hindoos hundred India Jumna ladies LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS Lucknow mahout Mahumedan master ment Milden miles military morning mosque Muttra native night Nuwab o'clock O'Farrel occasion officers OTLEY ourselves Paddy palace palkee Pariah dogs party passed Post 8vo proceeded rain rainy season regiment rise river road round rupees Sahib Scarsdale sentries sepoy servants Shah Juhan side sircar soldiers Speering square station stone Taje Taje Muhal Thornel tion travelling trees vessel village voyage wall white marble whole wind yards young
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Seite 124 - From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 144 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Seite 172 - ... of fifty feet, above which the wall is raised about fourteen feet, to hide the shaft of the dome; in the four less sides, formed by cutting off the angle of the square, a double range of arches rises to the top ; but here, instead of raising the wall, whose uniformity would destroy its beauty, a small pavilion, crowned by a dome, is raised at each great angle of the building, and fills up the hollow bosom of the shaft. The outside is beautifully inlaid with white marble ; the plan of the edifice...