 | Reginald Heber - Bishops - 1828 - 564 pages
...themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping,...told me that the scene was very impressive and even aweful. The gaunt squalid figures of the devotees, their visible and, apparently, unaffected anguish... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 558 pages
...themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done their utmost to prevent or avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that Ganges 432 SITTING DHURNA. was Ganges still, that a succession of costly offerings from the laity of Benares... | |
 | Reginald Heber - India - 1829 - 546 pages
...they had no share, 286 ' SITTING DHURNA. and which they had done their utmost to prevent or avengfe. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it...scene was very impressive and even awful. The gaunt squallid figures of the devotees, their visible and apparently unaffected anguish and dismay, the screams... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - Hindu temples - 1868 - 448 pages
...of costly offerings from the laity of Benares, — the usual Brahmanical remedy for all evils, — might wipe out the stain which their religion had...judges was the best and most reasonable. Mr. Bird (the chief English official in Benares), who was one of the ambassadors on this occasion, said that... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - Hindu temples - 1868 - 454 pages
...themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done all they could to prevent or avenge. This prevailed ; and, after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that ' Ganga was Ganga stillS and that a succession of costly offerings from the laity of Benares, — the... | |
 | Matthew Atmore Sherring - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) - 1868 - 452 pages
...themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done all they could to prevent or avenge. This prevailed; and, after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that l Ganga was Ganga still,' and that a succession of costly offerings from the laity of Benares,—the... | |
 | India - 1877 - 460 pages
...themselves for an act in which they had no share, and which they had done all they could to prevent or avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that Ganga was Ganga still ; Mr. Bird (the chief English official in Benares)* who was one of the ambasadors... | |
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... avenge. This prevailed, and after much bitter weeping, it was resolved that Ganges was Ganges still; that a succession of costly offerings from the laity of Benares might wipe out the stain which their religion had received, and that the advice of... 