 Benares, and in other places, wear very thin plates of gold, called ticas, slightly fixed, by way of ornament, between their eye-brows ; and, when they pass through the streets, it is not uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 19edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 pages
...uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training Bayas, to give them a sign which they understand and send them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistresses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The Baya feeds naturally on grasshoppers and... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 756 pages
...uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training Bayiis, to jive them a sign which they understand and send them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistresses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The Baya 470 JENKINSON — SACONTALA— RUSSEL... | |
 | William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...streets, it is not uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training these birds, to give them a signal, which they understand, and...pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistresses, which they bring in triumph to their lovers. THE SOCIABLE GROSBEAK. THE SOCIABLE GEOSBEAK.... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...fixed by way of ornament between their eye-brows; and when they pass through the streets, it is not uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves...pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistresses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturally on grasshoppers and... | |
 | John Platts - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1882 - 558 pages
...fixed by way of ornament between their eye-brows; and when they pass through the streets, it is not uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves...pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistresses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturally on grasshoppers and... | |
 | William Jones - Asianists - 1993 - 468 pages
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training Bayas, to give them a fign which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefles, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The Bay a feeds naturally on grafshoppers and... | |
 | Michael J. Franklin - History - 2000 - 544 pages
...uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training Bayas, to give them a sign which they understand, and send them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistresses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The Baya feeds naturally on grasshoppers and... | |
 | 1792 - 656 pages
...libertines, who ainufe themfelvcs by training bayas, to give them a iignal, which they underflancU and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftreflts, wich they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturally on grafs-hoppers and... | |
 | History - 1791 - 508 pages
...libertines, who amufe themfelvee with training Maya's, to give them a fignal, which they underlhmd, aed lend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefles, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The Ha-;u feeds naturally on grafshoppers and... | |
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