pagoda

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But the effect of it was, that the infidel, detesting and renouncing his idolatry, gave up his pagods to be consumed by fire, which was all the design of the holy man.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

They began at first to threaten the people, according to their custom, with the anger of their pagods; but seeing their menaces turned to scorn, they made use of another artifice, to regain their credit.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

I felt that nature had put my lawful inheritance into the purses of the pagods, and I devised a thousand means of recovering my rights.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

And after that, what will become of our families, whose only subsistence is from the offerings which are made to the pagods?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Every one of them has his diamond-weight in a little bag hanging on one side and his purse with five or six hundred pagods in it.

From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard