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... leaves with an iron stylus , held nearly perpendicular by the two fore- fingers and thumb of the right hand , and ... leaves , and the other on gilt , and highly varnished palm leaves . The process of preparing these leaves has been ...
... leaves with an iron stylus , held nearly perpendicular by the two fore- fingers and thumb of the right hand , and ... leaves , and the other on gilt , and highly varnished palm leaves . The process of preparing these leaves has been ...
Pagina 9
... leaves from the attacks of insects . Every Buddhist monastery contains a library of these books , kept in carved and lacquered cabinets . The literature of the Burmese , both sacred and profane , has mostly an Indian origin . Their two ...
... leaves from the attacks of insects . Every Buddhist monastery contains a library of these books , kept in carved and lacquered cabinets . The literature of the Burmese , both sacred and profane , has mostly an Indian origin . Their two ...
Pagina 10
... leave his family and possessions unprotected . A passion for games and shows draws a man from his occupations , and hinders him from gaining his livelihood . A gambler has no friends . In gaming , success is followed by intrigues and ...
... leave his family and possessions unprotected . A passion for games and shows draws a man from his occupations , and hinders him from gaining his livelihood . A gambler has no friends . In gaming , success is followed by intrigues and ...
Pagina 13
... leave me to go trading , I have no other protector ; it is the poor only that go to sea ; both your parents and mine are in the enjoyment of all that wealth can bestow ; go not , I beseech you . " Her husband replied , " It is good to ...
... leave me to go trading , I have no other protector ; it is the poor only that go to sea ; both your parents and mine are in the enjoyment of all that wealth can bestow ; go not , I beseech you . " Her husband replied , " It is good to ...
Pagina 18
... of the way hereafter , should she entertain the wish to do so , and would not scruple to use violent means , if necessary , to effect her purpose . one or two leaves , and then grows into a 18 BURMA , PAST AND PRESENT .
... of the way hereafter , should she entertain the wish to do so , and would not scruple to use violent means , if necessary , to effect her purpose . one or two leaves , and then grows into a 18 BURMA , PAST AND PRESENT .
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Burma Past and Present: With Personal Reminiscences of the Country, Volumul 2 Albert Fytche Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
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administration Agent in Pegu Akyab amongst Arakan arrived Arthur Phayre Bassein Bhamo boats Brahmans British Burma British Government British territory Buddha Buddhist Burmese officials Captain Sladen cent Chief Commissioner Chinese cloth Colonel Fytche Commissioner and Governor-General's Crown 8vo daughter Demy 8vo Deputy Commissioner district DWAYMENAU Envoy European existence expedition force four frontier Gautama Government of India Governor-General of India honour Illustrations increase Irawadi Kakhyen King latter Lieutenant Lord Mahommedans Majesty Major Fytche Major Sladen Mandalay Maulmain Meng-gyee Menhla ment miles Ministers Mission Momein monastery MOZALINDA nats Nemesis officers pagodas Pakhan palace Pali Panthays party Poems population Post 8vo present price 35 priests PRINCE proceeded province Rangoon religion revenue river Royal schools Second Edition Shans steamers Tenasserim Thayetmyo Third Edition tion town trade Translated treaty tribes troops Upper Burma Viceroy village vols Western China whilst wife Wondouk Yunnan
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Pagina 15 - XVIII. THE NATURE OF LIGHT. With a General Account of Physical Optics. By Dr. Eugene Lommel, Professor of Physics in the University of Erlangen.
Pagina 15 - II. Physics and Politics ; or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "Natural Selection " and " Inheritance
Pagina 16 - XXIII. Studies in Spectrum Analysis. By J. Norman Lockyer, FRS With six photographic Illustrations of Spectra, and numerous engravings on Wood.
Pagina 9 - MOCKLER, E. — A Grammar of the Baloochee Language, as it is spoken in Makran (Ancient Gedrosia), in the Persia-Arabic and Roman characters.
Pagina 13 - VYNER (Lady Mary). Every day a Portion. Adapted from the Bible and the Prayer Book, for the Private Devotions of those living in Widowhood. Collected and edited by Lady Mary Vyner. Square crown 8vo. Cloth extra, price 5$.
Pagina 14 - YOUMANS (Eliza A.) — AN ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP , Author of ' Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,
Pagina 1 - BROOKE (WG), MA The Public Worship Regulation Act. With a Classified Statement of its Provisions, Notes, and Index. Third Edition, revised and corrected. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 3$. 6d. Six Privy Council Judgments— 1850-1872.
Pagina 2 - Phantasmion. A Fairy Tale. With an Introductory Preface, by the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge, of Ottery St. Mary. A New Edition. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, Js.
Pagina 11 - Our Place among Infinities: A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us.
Pagina 12 - Memoriam." (Dedicated by Permission to the Poet-Laureate.) Fcap. 8vo, 2s. The Education of the Human Race. Translated from the German of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Fcap.