The Loyal Karens of BurmaKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina 26
... wives . You are shown where babies have been beaten to a literal jelly in those rice mortars , before their mothers ' eyes . " Now , wouldn't you expect that these men would be wild to bring the gang to punishment ? Wouldn't you expect ...
... wives . You are shown where babies have been beaten to a literal jelly in those rice mortars , before their mothers ' eyes . " Now , wouldn't you expect that these men would be wild to bring the gang to punishment ? Wouldn't you expect ...
Pagina 74
... wife , " or its synonym in the same relation as the wife stands to the husband in Burma - that of the better and stronger half ! The Burmese language has the same tendency , but not so marked as in the Karen . In formal , polite address ...
... wife , " or its synonym in the same relation as the wife stands to the husband in Burma - that of the better and stronger half ! The Burmese language has the same tendency , but not so marked as in the Karen . In formal , polite address ...
Pagina 80
... wife's death , and the latter replies , acknowledging that such are his duties - one of which is that , should she be carried into captivity or killed in a foray , he must purchase her freedom or obtain the price of her blood . Each ...
... wife's death , and the latter replies , acknowledging that such are his duties - one of which is that , should she be carried into captivity or killed in a foray , he must purchase her freedom or obtain the price of her blood . Each ...
Pagina 89
... wife , goes down to the plain , and sells his betel , fowls , wild honey , beeswax , and wild cardamoms , and thus obtains money for clothes and taxes . In some parts - notably the hills of Shway Gyin - tobacco is extensively grown ...
... wife , goes down to the plain , and sells his betel , fowls , wild honey , beeswax , and wild cardamoms , and thus obtains money for clothes and taxes . In some parts - notably the hills of Shway Gyin - tobacco is extensively grown ...
Pagina 97
... wife . His great wealth , obtained from the sale of his crop , made him a great match . Unfortunately , he did not tell his bride the secret of Pee Bee Yaw's help in raising so large a quantity of grain , but took the credit to himself ...
... wife . His great wealth , obtained from the sale of his crop , made him a great match . Unfortunately , he did not tell his bride the secret of Pee Bee Yaw's help in raising so large a quantity of grain , but took the credit to himself ...
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Pagina 24 - Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. By Rev. Canon G. RAWLINSON, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, LL.B., MA, Rev. WS LEWIS, MA, Rev. JA MACDONALD, Rev. A. MACKENNAL, BA, Rev. W. CLARKSON, BA, Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev. W. DINWIDDIE, LL.B., Rev. Prof. ROWLANDS, BA, Rev. G. WOOD, BA, Rev. Prof. PC BARKER, MA, LL.B., and the Rev.
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Pagina 18 - MORELL, JR— Euclid Simplified in Method and Language. Being a Manual of Geometry. Compiled from the most important French Works, approved by the University of Paris and the Minister of Public Instruction.
Pagina 12 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst) — THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 27 - Sister Augustine, Superior of the Sisters of Charity at the St. Johannis Hospital at Bonn. Authorised Translation by HANS THARAU, from the German "Memorials of AMALIE VON LASAULX.