A Handbook for Visitors to Agra and Its NeighborhoodThacker, Spink, 1878 - 133 páginas |
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Abul Abul Fazl Agra Agra Fort arch architecture Aurangzeb Bagh beautiful Begam Bernier Bhurtpoor British building built called carved centre chamber Christian chronogram colours court crowned curious death decorated Deeg Dehli Delhi Dewan-i-Am died dome elephants empire enclosure entrance European father Fattehpur Fattehpur-Sikri feet square Fergusson four front gallery garden gate gateway Govardhan ground hall Hindu Hindustani India inlaid inscription Jahangir Jaipur Jâts Jumna Khan Khusru king lady Lahore lofty magnificent Mahratta Mathurá mausoleum Medicean Chapel miles Minar minarets modern Moghul Moghul Empire Mohummedan monument mosque Moti Musjid Mussulman Muttra native occupied ornament palace Pathan pavilion Persian pietra dura pillars Raja red sandstone reign remains residence river road roof rupees sandstone seen Shah Juhan Sher side Sikandra stands stone style Sulim Suruj Mull temple throne tion tomb tomb of Akbar town tracery vault vide visitor walls white marble wife
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Página 40 - Said Jesus, on whom be peace! The world is a bridge, pass over it, but build no house there. He who hopeth for an hour, may hope for eternity; the world is but an hour, spend it in devotion ; the rest is worth nothing.
Página 5 - 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 to surpass this temple to God and Mohammed.
Página 5 - It is lifted on a lofty sandstone platform, and from without nothing ean be seen but its three domes of white marble with their gilded spires. In all distant views of the Fort these domes are seen, like silvery bubbles which have rested a moment on its walls, and which the next breeze will sweep away.
Página 56 - Tis past mid-day, exhausted by the heat, The peacock plunges in the scanty pool, That feeds the tall tree's root : the drowsy bee Sleeps in the hollow chamber of the lotus. Darkened with closing petals ; on the brink Of the now tepid lake the wild duck lurks Amongst the sedgy shades ; and, even here, The parrot from his wiry bower complains, And calls for water to allay his thirst.
Página 66 - The glory of Deeg consists in the cornices, which are generally double, a peculiarity not seen elsewhere, and which for extent of shadow and richness of detail surpass any similar ornaments in India, either in ancient or modern buildings.
Página 12 - The Taj is built on the bank of the Jumna, rather more than a mile to the eastward of the Fort of Agra, It is approached by a handsome road, cut through the mounds left by the ruins of ancient palaces.
Página 53 - You remark his arms — they are so unusually long — his face is very clear, and the colour of the blood so discernible as to give a rich tinge to his olive complexion ; his eyebrows are joined and lowering, which tends to give a severe expression to the excessively bright eyes, which they half conceal. This is Akbar. His appearance is the signal for a loud and general cry of Allaho Akbar!
Página 94 - ... hanging parterre. Thus was the great hall of the Am-kas adorned and set out. As to those arched galleries which I have spoken of that are round about the courts, each Omrah had received order to dress one of them at his own charges ; and, they now striving who should make his own most stately, there was seen nothing but purfled gold above and beneath, and rich tapestries under foot.
Página 16 - A single musical tone, uttered by the voice, floats and soars overhead, in a long, delicious undulation, fainting away 'so slowly that you hear it after it is silent, as you see, or seem to see, a lark you have been watching, after it is swallowed up in the blue of heaven. I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Noor Jehan, sung over her tomb.
Página 56 - The cattle dozing in the shade Let fall the unchamped fodder from their mouths ; The lively ape with slow and languid pace Creeps to the pool to slake his parching thirst In its now tepid waters ; not a creature Is seen upon the public road, nor braves A solitary passenger the sun ; Among the sedgy shade, and even here The parrot from his wiry bower complains, And calls for water to allay his thirst.