Handbook of the Bengal Presidency: With an Account of Calcutta City ... |
Other editions - View all
Handbook of the Bengal Presidency: With an Account of Calcutta City Edward Backhouse Eastwick,John Murray No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
Afgháns Agra Alí arches Aurangzib Awadh Banáras bank beautiful BENGÁLÍ Bihar broad building built Calcutta called Captain carved cemetery centre Chinsurah church Clive Colonel d dín defeated Dhákah died Dihlí dín dome Emperor English entrance erected Farrukhsiyar garden gate Gaur Ghát Government Governor of Bengal ground guns Gwáliár hill HINDI Hindú HOTEL Hugli Humáyún Ibráhím India inscribed inscription J'afar Jahán Jorá Kánhpúr Khán killed King Kulí Lieut Lord Madras Mán Mír mosque Muḥammad Murshid Murshidábád Mutiny Núwáb officers Orissa Pagoda palace pálkí Patna pillars Prome Proprietor Purí Railway Rájá Rájmahal Rangún rebels residence river road roof Saiyid Sanskrit Sháh Shah Jahan side Sindhia Singh Sipáhís Siráju d daulah stands station steamer stone Sultán Table d'Hôte tablet tank temple Tomár tomb tower town traveller trees troops Vardí wall
Popular passages
Page 75 - India with eminent prudence, integrity, and benevolence ; who, placed at the head of a great empire, never laid aside the simplicity and moderation of a private citizen ; who infused into Oriental despotism the spirit of British freedom ; who never forgot that the end of government is the...
Page 279 - Said Jesus, on whom be peace, 'The world is a bridge, pass over it, but build no house there. He who hopeth for an hour may hope for eternity ; the world is but an hour, spend it in devotion: the rest is worth nothing.
Page 160 - Mahomedan style that succeeded it. It is neither like that of Delhi nor Jaunpore, nor any other style, but one purely local, and not without considerable merit in itself; its principal characteristic being heavy short pillars of stone supporting pointed arches and vaults, in brick — whereas at Jaunpore, for instance, light pillars carried horizontal architraves and flat ceilings.
Page 297 - The throne itself was six feet " long by four foot broad ; it stood on six massive feet, " which with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with " rubies, emeralds and diamonds. It was surmounted " by a canopy of gold supported by twelve pillars, " all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and " a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the " canopy. Between the two peacocks stood the figure " of a parrot of the ordinary size, paid to have been " carved out of a single emerald...
Page 339 - Sacred to the perpetual Memory of a great company of Christian people, chiefly Women and Children, who near this spot were cruelly murdered by the followers of the rebel Nana Dhundu Pant, of Bithur, and cast, the dying with the dead, into the well below, on the xvth day of July, MDCCCLVII.
Page 33 - ... sixtytwo sixtythree sixtyfour sixtyfive sixtysix sixtyseven sixtyeight sixtynine seventy seventyone seventytwo seventythree seventyfour seventyfive...
Page 297 - ... stood the figure of a parrot of the ordinary size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the Oriental emblems of royalty. They were formed of crimson velvet, richly embroidered and fringed with pearls. The handles were eight feet high, of solid gold and studded with diamonds. The cost of this superb work of art has been variously stated at sums varying from one to six millions sterling. It was planned and executed under the supervision...
Page 156 - Rajmahal : who, without bloodshed, or the terror of authority, employing only the means of conciliation, confidence, and benevolence, attempted and accomplished the entire subjection of the lawless and savage inhabitants of the...
Page 3 - In a park at the foot of this acclivity is the pavilion of the governor, one of the most agreeable edifices in India, not less from the beauty of its architecture than from its judicious adaptation to the climate.
Page 297 - ... expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls and other precious stones of appropriate colors, as to represent life. The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad. It stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds...