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" It has, in fact, nothing which can properly be termed ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing so exalted a spirit of worship, that I felt humbled, as a Christian, to think that our nobler religion has so rarely inspired its architects... "
From Hong-Kong to the Himalayas: Or, Three Thousand Miles Through India - Page 225
by Edward Warren Clark - 1880 - 368 pages
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A Handbook for Visitors to Agra and Its Neighborhood

Henry George Keene - Agra (India) - 1878 - 172 pages
...has the severe simplicity of Doric art. It has in fact nothing which can properly be called ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing...inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and Mahomed." Much of this enthusiasm is deserved. But it is not true that the mosque is perfect in style...
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Notes of a Trip Round the World

Andrew Carnegie - Voyages around the world - 1879 - 248 pages
...amongst the wonders of the world." Bayard Taylor exhausted eulogy upon the Pearl Mosque, calling it " a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing so exalted...spirit of worship, that I felt humbled as a Christian that our noble religion had never inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed,"...
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Cities of the world, Volume 2

Edwin Hodder - 1881 - 424 pages
...the severe simplicity of Doric art. It has, in fact, nothing which can properly be called ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing...architects to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed." It was built by Shah Jehan in 1656, as a private chapel for the ladies of the harem, and was doubtless...
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Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the ...

William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 600 pages
...the severe simplicity of Doric art. It has, in fact, nothing which can properly be termed ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing...that I felt humbled as a Christian, to think that our nobler religion has so rarely inspired architects to surpass this temple to God and Mobammed." Bayard...
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An engineer's holiday; or, Notes of a round trip from long. 00 to 00, Volume 2

Daniel Pidgeon - Voyages around the world - 1882 - 396 pages
...absolutely perfect. While its architecture is the purest Saracenic, it has all the simplicity of Doric art. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing...inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and the Prophet." This enthusiastic praise is not thrown away on the Moti Musjid, but it does not characterize...
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Familiar Allusions: a Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information

William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1882 - 608 pages
...wblcb can properly be termed ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and BtainleAs, revealing so exnllea a spirit of worship, that I felt humbled as a Christian, to think that our nobler religion has so rarely inspired architects to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed." Bayard...
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An Engineer's Holiday: Or, Notes of a Round Trip from Long. 0 ̊to 0,̊

Daniel Pidgeon - Voyages around the world - 1883 - 526 pages
...Saracenic, it has all the simplicity of Doric art . It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, reveal1ng so exalted a spirit of worship, that I felt humbled...inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and the Prophet." Tnis enthusiastic praise is not thrown away on the Moti Musjid, but it does not characterize...
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Round the World

Andrew Carnegie - Voyages around the world - 1884 - 380 pages
...amongst the wonders of the world." Bayard Taylor exhausts eulogy upon the Pearl Mosque, calling it " a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing so exalted...spirit of worship, that I felt humbled as a Christian that our noble religion had never inspired its architects to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed...
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A Visit to India, China, and Japan, in the Year 1853

Bayard Taylor - East Asia - 1885 - 562 pages
...nothing which can properly be termed ornament. It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, reveal ing so exalted a spirit of worship that I felt humbled, as a Chris tian, to think that our nobler religion has so rarely inspired it« architects to surpass this...
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Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water: The Journal of a Tour Through the ...

Lady Ethel Gwendoline Moffatt Vincent - Voyages around the world - 1886 - 470 pages
...floriated design of this screen is carved out of marble quite two inches thick. Some one has said, " It is a sanctuary so pure and stainless, revealing so exalted a spirit of worship, that one feels humbled, as a Christian, to think that our noble religion has never inspired its architects...
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