Around the World: A Narrative of a Voyage in the East India Squadron, Under Commodore George C. ReadC. S. Francis, 1840 |
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... never mis- take a good land - fall like that for a window cur- tain , nor a cloud either . " Early the next morning we were standing into the open roadstead of Columbo , and before noon , anchored about two miles from the old Dutch fort ...
... never mis- take a good land - fall like that for a window cur- tain , nor a cloud either . " Early the next morning we were standing into the open roadstead of Columbo , and before noon , anchored about two miles from the old Dutch fort ...
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... room , took his seat at the table , and handled his knife and fork as delicately as any chamberlain of a royal court . With observant etiquette , he never cut a VOL . II . 4 it large piece , and always used his fork to.
... room , took his seat at the table , and handled his knife and fork as delicately as any chamberlain of a royal court . With observant etiquette , he never cut a VOL . II . 4 it large piece , and always used his fork to.
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... never seen lifted from the sacred volume , except in prayer , even to the time of his death . The grave of this devotee was marked , in the middle of the shantee , by a large shell at each end . Several vessels of meat and drink were ...
... never seen lifted from the sacred volume , except in prayer , even to the time of his death . The grave of this devotee was marked , in the middle of the shantee , by a large shell at each end . Several vessels of meat and drink were ...
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... the de- parted spirit , in revisiting the body , may be grat- ified by seeing the respect paid to his memory ; and , if so inclined , take some refreshment . The FEASTS FOR THE DEAD . 73 body is never interred 72 SUMATRA .
... the de- parted spirit , in revisiting the body , may be grat- ified by seeing the respect paid to his memory ; and , if so inclined , take some refreshment . The FEASTS FOR THE DEAD . 73 body is never interred 72 SUMATRA .
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... never interred till the feasting is ended , and sometimes coins are distributed ; in consequence of which , a rajah is often preserved above ground two or three months . They suppose that at any time , the spirit may be called to the ...
... never interred till the feasting is ended , and sometimes coins are distributed ; in consequence of which , a rajah is often preserved above ground two or three months . They suppose that at any time , the spirit may be called to the ...
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Acheen American anchor appeared Archipelago arms arrived Badang bamboo Battas bazaar beautiful boats BOOKIT called Canton captain Wyman China Chinese coast Colombo commodore deck Dutch east eastern edict English European extensive factories Fan-qui favourable feast feet flag flowers foreign frigate fruits gate gongs Government Hill grand harbour head hill Hindoo Hong merchants honour hundred India interesting island John Adams junks kind land Macao Malacca Malays mandarin ment miles missionaries moon morning Muckie natives nearly nutmeg Oahu occupied officers Old Goa once opium Palembang passage passed pepper piculs Pinang port Portuguese priests Quallah Battoo Raffles Institute rajah rice rich river sail seen sent settlement ship shore side sight silver Singapore Sir Stamford Raffles soon Soosoo standing stood stranger Sumatra tain temple thence tion trade trees vessels wall Whampoa wind
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Seite 95 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Seite 138 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit ; And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Seite 67 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ?" Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he,
Seite 343 - Man through all ages of revolving time, Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside; His home the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
Seite 110 - Come, bright improvement! on the car of time, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.
Seite 322 - BRIGHT flag at yonder tapering mast. Fling out your field of azure blue ; Let star and stripe be westward cast, And point as Freedom's eagle flew! Strain home ! O lithe and quivering spars ! Point home, my country's flag of stars ! The wind blows fair, the vessel feels The pressure of the rising breeze, And, swiftest of a thousand keels.
Seite 1 - OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master 'gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen. Returning from his...
Seite 292 - The empire, in ruling and restraining the barbarians beyond its boundaries, gives to them always fixed rules and regulations. Upon those who are obedient, it lavishes its rich favours ; but to the rebellious and disobedient, it displays its terrors.
Seite 241 - Afar in the ocean, towards the extremities of the north-west, There is a nation, or country, called England : The clime is frigid, and you are compelled to approach the fire ; The houses are so lofty that you may pluck the stars. The pious inhabitants respect the ceremonies of worship, And the virtuous among them ever read the sacred books.
Seite 184 - ... that it may be burnt and destroyed, and that thus the evil may be entirely extirpated. There must not be the smallest atom concealed or withheld. " At the same time let these foreigners give a bond, written jointly in the foreign and Chinese languages, making a declaration to this effect...