History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Year 1815: With Characteristic Details of the Religion, Laws, and Manners of the People, and a Collection of Their Moral Maxims, and Ancient ProverbsAsian Educational Services, 2003 - 341 pàgines The Principal Object Of The Book Was To Acquant The Reader With The Civil And Military Transaction, The Religion And Manners Of The People. Also Gives A Brief Sketch Of The Natural History Of The Country. |
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... majesty that the elephants had been carried off without his orders , and were ready to be restored whenever his majesty should think fit . The Dutch pretended that their principal object was not to render themselves independent of his ...
... majesty that the elephants had been carried off without his orders , and were ready to be restored whenever his majesty should think fit . The Dutch pretended that their principal object was not to render themselves independent of his ...
Pàgina 133
... majesty on this afflicting occasion ; and , by other rich blessings , to compensate his calamitous loss . They prayed that his majesty might , for a long course of years , be preserved in perfect and permanent health upon his golden ...
... majesty on this afflicting occasion ; and , by other rich blessings , to compensate his calamitous loss . They prayed that his majesty might , for a long course of years , be preserved in perfect and permanent health upon his golden ...
Pàgina 152
... majesty took the letter from the ambassador's hands , and laid it down on his left side . The ambassador was now led backwards to the spot , where we remained all the while kneeling . Having reached us , he kneeled also . " After his ...
... majesty took the letter from the ambassador's hands , and laid it down on his left side . The ambassador was now led backwards to the spot , where we remained all the while kneeling . Having reached us , he kneeled also . " After his ...
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EARLY notices of Ceylon in classical WritersArrian Dionysius the geographer Ovid Pto | 1 |
CHAP II | 12 |
CHAP III | 31 |
No s’hi han mostrat 36 seccions
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