 What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises, smooth excuses, elaborate tissues of circumstantial falsehood,...  The Ills of the South: Or, Related Causes Hostile to the General Prosperity ... - Стр. 175авторы: Charles H. Otken - 1894 - Страниц: 277Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Francis Augustus Cox - 1842 - Страниц: 464
...this subtle race than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman,—deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises,... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 654
...familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - Страниц: 438
...familiar with this subtle race than to the Ionian of the times of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to ' the Bengalee. Large promises,... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - Страниц: 222
...familiar this subtle race than to the Ionian of the times of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises,... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 356
...to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengallee. Large promises,... | |
 | 1857 - Страниц: 992
...subtle race, than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman — deceit is to the Bengali. Large promises,... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - Страниц: 412
...subtle race than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, 'what beauty, aecording to the old Greek song, is to woman — deceit is to the Bengali. Large promises,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854 - Страниц: 452
...race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns arc to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises,... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - Страниц: 410
...the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what^the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman — deceit is to the Bengali. Large promises,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1855 - Страниц: 670
...few terse and graphic words, of multum in paroo power. Thus his valuation of the Bengalee mind : " What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises,... | |
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