The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 292
he Taj is a mountain of whitemarble, but never such walls faced each other with exquisite-ness; never such a tomb was cut out from block of alabaster;never such congregation of precious stones brightened, andgloomed, and blazed, and chastened, and glorified a buildingsince sculptors chisel cut its… … COJ D Q, (/) IQ <; h w 5a< h(J) QQD HINDU TRAITS. 269 corner. Also at each of tlie four corners of the Taj stands aminaret one hundred and thirty-seven feet high. Also at eachside of this building is a splendid mosque of red sandstone.Two hundred and fifty years has the Taj stood, and yet not…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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