Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and Capabilities of the Island ...W. Shoberl, 1850 |
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Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and ... Henry Charles Sirr Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abound adikar alike ambassador amongst animal appear bark beautiful blossoms British Buddha called Ceylon Rifles chiefs Cingalese cinnamon coach coast cocoa-nut coffee Colombo colony colour command commenced coolees court creature crops cultivation dissaaves districts Dutch duty dwelling Eheylapola elephants English European feet flower Frederick North fruit Galle gneiss Governor North head honour hundred inhabitants island jungle Kandian king of Kandy king's labour land Lanka-diva leaves Major Davie Malabar Malays Matelé ment miles monarch Mootoo Sawme mountains natives nature Negombo Newera Ellia noble obtained officers paddy palm person Pilimi Talawe Point de Galle portion Portuguese possession pounds priests principal prisoners produce provinces punkah Rajah Singha rebellion rebels reptile road rock Royal Mail sent shrub side Sir Edward Barnes soil soldiers species Sri Wikrama tain tanks taxes thousand tion treaty tree Trincomalee troops trunk vegetable whilst whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xvii - Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land: What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand!
Seite 231 - In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky and precipitous that the ascent to the top is impracticable, as it is said, excepting by the assistance of iron chains employed for that purpose. By means of these some persons attain the summit, where the tomb of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account given by the Saracens.
Seite 230 - The objects of Oriental traffic were splendid and trifling: silk, a pound of which was esteemed not inferior in value to a pound of gold; precious stones, among which the pearl claimed the first rank after the diamond; and a variety of aromatics, that were consumed in religious worship and the pomp of funerals.
Seite 288 - Learning is but small. All they ordinarily learn is to read and to write. But it is no shame to a man if he can do neither. Nor have they any Schools wherein they might be taught and instructed in these or any other Arts.
Seite 256 - The Dutch, knowing his proud spirit, make their advantage of it, by flattering him with their ambassadors, telling him that they are his majesty's humble subjects and servants ; and that it is out of their loyalty to him that they build forts, and keep watches round about his country, to prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming ; and that, as they are thus employed in his majesty's service, so it is for sustenance, which they want, that occasioned their coining up into his majesty's country.
Seite 280 - ... and provident in their families, commending good husbandry. In their dispositions not passionate, neither hard to be reconciled again when angry. In their promises very unfaithful, approving lying in themselves, but disliking it in others; delighting in sloth; deferring labour till urgent necessity constrain them ; neat in apparel, nice in eating, and not given to much sleep.
Seite 290 - ... which the man stands that blows, the use of which back is to keep the heat of the fire from him. Behind the Furnace they have two logs of Wood placed fast in the ground, hollow at the top, like two pots. Upon the mouths of these two pieces of hollow wood they tie a piece of a Deers Skin, on each pot a piece, with a small hole as big as a man's finger in each skin. In the middle of each skin a little beside the holes are two strings tied fast to as many sticks stuck in the ground, like a Spring,...
Seite 260 - Spyes, that there is but little done, which he knows not of. And often he gives Command to expel all the women out of the City, not one to remain. But by little and little when they think his wrath is appeas'd, they do creep in again.
Seite 162 - Ceylon will produce the article of cotton equally well, and, when the comparatively small amount of capital required is considered, I doubt not it may even produce the article cheaper than we can in America, where a large sum must be laid out at once for...
Seite 287 - ... instead of them every thing which might be nailed, is tyed with rattans and other strings, which grow in the woods in abundance ; whence the builder hath his Timber for cutting. The Country being warm, many of them will not take pains to clay their walls, but make them of boughs and leaves of Trees. The poorest sort have not above one room in their houses, few above two, unless they be great men. Neither doth the King allow them to build better.