Stray Leaves from the Diary of an Indian Officer: Containing an Account of the Famous Temple of Juggurnath, Its Daily Ceremonies and Annual Festivals and a Residence in AustraliaWhitfield, Green & Son, 1865 - 300 sivua |
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Agra amongst appeared arrived Australia bathing Battle of Moodkee Benares boat boatmen body Brahmin cabin Calcutta called Captain caste Cawnpore ceremonies CHAPTER Chilka Lake cloth commenced course crew Cuttack dâk bungalow death deck door elephant England Etawah feet festival fire four gale garden gates gentleman hand head heard Hindoo horse hundred idols India Juggurnath jungle Khoordah Khunds killed land laterite leave look Mahrattas miles month morning muntras naek natives nearly never night Noor Jehan offered officer once Orissa palanquin palkee party performed pilgrims poor Pooree Port Jackson priests procured Rajah regiment remained residence rice river roof round rupees sail sand seen servants ship side snake soon stone streets surf Sydney temple of Juggurnath thought tiger tomb town traveller tree vessel Vishnu walked wife William Nott worship yards
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Sivu 155 - I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Sivu 157 - I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers...
Sivu 274 - The good old rule, the simple plan. That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep, who can.
Sivu ii - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Sivu 90 - Mogul time, the crew of a ship landed at a distance and stealing down the coast, attacked the temple, scaled the tower, and carried off the loadstone. The priests alarmed at this violation of the sanctity of the place, removed the image of the god with all his paraphernalia to Puri, where they have ever since remained, and from that date the temple became deserted and went rapidly to ruin.
Sivu 110 - the people had nothing to do with " the laws but to obey them," and his sentiment was loudly applauded.
Sivu 184 - ... near the shore, where there is a beautiful beach on one of the branches of the harbour. It crosses near the head of several small creeks, between them and fresh ponds, which are drained into them. It is defended by two batteries, one lying on the easterly side of the port, on low ground. The guns are not more than fifteen or twenty feet above the level of the sea. The other is to the north west, on the side of a hill, between one and two hundred feet above the level of the water, and has seven...
Sivu 92 - ... from the corrosion or decomposition of the stone of which the building is chiefly composed, viz. the coarse red granite of the province, which is singularly liable to decay from exposure to the weather. " The skill and labour of the best artists seem to have been reserved for the finely polished slabs of chlorite, which line and decorate the outer faces of the doorways. The whole of the sculpture on these figures, comprising men and animals, foliage and arabesque patterns, is executed with a...
Sivu 91 - ... a primitive state of some of the arts, and a deficiency of architectural skill, at the period of its erection, one cannot but wonder at the ease with which the architects seem to have...
Sivu 31 - ... more numerous and formidable than at present. In this point of view, their situations and duties resembled much that of the Lords of the Marches in Europe. Nor is the above the only striking feature of analogy between the feudal lords of India and the western hemisphere. The estates or jurisdiction of that class in Orissa were always called by the Hindus, Gerhs ; and by the Mussulmans, Killahs, or Castles.