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Page 55
... tion of Indian handicraft , but of objects of Indian art suitable for presents . Many things , therefore , indeed whole classes of some of the most interesting and instructive of the traditional industries of India , which we have been ...
... tion of Indian handicraft , but of objects of Indian art suitable for presents . Many things , therefore , indeed whole classes of some of the most interesting and instructive of the traditional industries of India , which we have been ...
Page 56
... tion from India has ever shewn this great and growing evil so flagrantly as that of the Prince's presents . It was desired to do the Prince the utmost honour , and the native chiefs and princes , in many instances despising their own ...
... tion from India has ever shewn this great and growing evil so flagrantly as that of the Prince's presents . It was desired to do the Prince the utmost honour , and the native chiefs and princes , in many instances despising their own ...
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... tion . The centre - piece of Cutch ( Dutch ) work must , however , be excepted . It represents a conventionalised Pine - apple , the body of which conceals a liqueur bottle , the crown being shaped to hold flowers , and four griffins ...
... tion . The centre - piece of Cutch ( Dutch ) work must , however , be excepted . It represents a conventionalised Pine - apple , the body of which conceals a liqueur bottle , the crown being shaped to hold flowers , and four griffins ...
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... tion of mummy cases . The Greeks carried the art to marvellous perfection , and Pliny naturally enough ascribes its origin to them . He particularly mentions the pavimentum asarotum of the Greek artist Sosus of Pergamus , representing ...
... tion of mummy cases . The Greeks carried the art to marvellous perfection , and Pliny naturally enough ascribes its origin to them . He particularly mentions the pavimentum asarotum of the Greek artist Sosus of Pergamus , representing ...
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... tion . The ivory bedstead [ compare Od . x , 12 , TPητos λεxéεσow ] from Travancore illustrates the excellence of the ivory turning and carving in that native State . It would in a hot climate convey an idea of delightful coolness , and ...
... tion . The ivory bedstead [ compare Od . x , 12 , TPητos λεxéεσow ] from Travancore illustrates the excellence of the ivory turning and carving in that native State . It would in a hot climate convey an idea of delightful coolness , and ...
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Page 18 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 36 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page 45 - And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Page 40 - Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Page 125 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 43 - Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that boldest the height of the hill ; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORB.
Page 42 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Page 42 - And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
Page 41 - ... the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...
Page 126 - And Moses said unto the children of Israel : " See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...