 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
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1792 - 394 pages
...fixed, by way of ornament, between their eye-brows, and when they pafs through the streets, it is not uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves...reader may be curious to know more of this singular feird, I supply the rest of the description omitted by this correspondent. <( This bird, which is called... | |
 | 1792 - 784 pages
...libertines, who amufe themftlves with training Baya's, to give them a fign which they undcrftand, and lend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefles,» which they bring in tiiumph te the level's. The Baya feeds natu» rally on grafb-hoppers... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1793 - 636 pages
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training Baya's, 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.' On the DiffeBlon of the Pangolin. By ADAM BURT,... | |
 | 1793 - 612 pages
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training Baya's, to give them a fign which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftreffes, which they bring in triumph to the lovers.' On the Dij/еЯгвп of the Pangolin* By ADAM... | |
 | Edward Moor - India - 1794 - 562 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 4 they they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturally on grafs-* hoppers,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 422 pages
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training bay::s, to give them a fignal, which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefTes, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturaUy on grafshoppers and... | |
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - Asia - 1801 - 540 pages
...libertines» .who amufe themfeives with training Bayas, to give them a fign, which they underjtand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefies, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. — The Baya feeds naturally on grafshoppers... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 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 the lovers." THE SOCIABLE GKOSBEAK.* The Sociable Grosbeaks... | |
 | William Jones - 1807 - 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 Baya feeds naturally on grafshoppers and... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...fixed, by way of ornament, bekwen their eye-brows ; and when they pass through the streels, 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 their lovers. o3 THE PIG POINTER. The race of swine, though... | |
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