 He is represented as a beautiful youth, sometimes conversing with his mother and consort, in the midst of his gardens and temples ; sometimes riding by moonlight on a parrot or lory, and attended by dancing girls, or nymphs ; the foremost of whom bears...  The curse of Kehama - Page 229by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 1784 - 522 pages
...foremoft of whom bears his colours, which are a fijb on a red ground. His favourite place pf refort is a large tract of country round AGRA, and principally the plains of Matra ; where KRISHEN allb and the nine GOPIA, who are clearly the jfpollo and Mufes of the Greeks, ufually fpend the night... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...lory, and attended by dancing girls or nymphs, the foremost of whom bears his colours, which are a fsh on a red ground. His favourite place of resort is...GOPIA, who are clearly the Apollo and Muses of the Greets, usually spend the night with musick and dance. His bow of sugarcane or flowers, w;th a string... | |
 | Quintin Craufurd - India - 1817 - 758 pages
...nymphs, the foremost of whom bears his standard, which represents a fish on a red ground. His favorite place of resort is a large tract of country round...principally the plains of Matra, where Krishen also and * See Works of Sir William Jones, 8vo. edit. vol. xiii. p. 286. the nine Gopia, who are clearly the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...and attended by dancing girls or nymphs, the foremost of whom bears his colours, which are a. fish, on a red ground. His favourite place of resort is...of country round Agra, and principally the plains ofMatra, where KRISHEN also, and the nine GOPIA, who are clearly the Apollo and Muses of the Greeks,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 856 pages
...former of whom bear his colors, which are a fish on a red ground. His favorite place of resort is a tract of country round Agra, and principally the plains of Matra ; where Krishna also and the nine Gopea, who are clearly the Apollo and Muses of the Greeks, usually spend... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 600 pages
...following poem is addressed, appears evidently the game with the Grecian Eros and the Roman Cupido. His favourite place of resort is a large tract of...Greeks, usually spend the night with music and dance." Preface to the Hymn to Camdeo, translated from the Hindu language into Persian, and re-translated by... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1831 - 570 pages
...following poem is addressed, appears evidently the same with the Grecian Eros and the Roman Cupido. His favourite place of resort is a large tract of...principally the plains of Matra, where Krishen also aad the nine Gopia, who are clearly the Apollo and Muses of the Greeks, usually spend the night with... | |
 | James Forbes - India - 1834 - 578 pages
...and attended by dancing girls, or nymphs ; the foremost of whom bears his colours, which are a fish, on a red ground. His favourite place of resort is...the Greeks, usually spend the night with music and dancing. His bow of sugar-cane, or flowers, with a string of bees, and his five arrows, each pointed... | |
 | James Forbes - India - 1834 - 712 pages
...or nymphs ; the foremost of whom bears his colours, which are a fish, on a red HYMN TO CAMDEO. 103 ground. His favourite place of resort is a large tract...the Greeks, usually spend the night with music and dancing. His bow of sugar-cane, or flowers, with a string of bees, and his five arrows, each pointed... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...lory, and attended hy dancing girls or nymphs, the foremost of whom bears his colours, which are a fish on a red ground. His favourite place of resort is...Matra, where Krishen also, and the nine Gopia, who arc clearly the Apollo and muaes of the Greeks, usually spend the night with icaaic and dance. His... | |
| |
