The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina 43
... the highest gratitude for the noble service done , I was firmly told that the rules were inflexible . It is just such polite , gentlemanly , estimable men by whom empires are lost . Bad men , vicious men , INTRODUCTION . 43.
... the highest gratitude for the noble service done , I was firmly told that the rules were inflexible . It is just such polite , gentlemanly , estimable men by whom empires are lost . Bad men , vicious men , INTRODUCTION . 43.
Pagina 48
... told you of . At the same time that I am praised to the skies , I am simply slapped in the face every day , and harassed till I am ready to hang myself . " The Karen deputation waited on a ' high official ' here , and protested as ...
... told you of . At the same time that I am praised to the skies , I am simply slapped in the face every day , and harassed till I am ready to hang myself . " The Karen deputation waited on a ' high official ' here , and protested as ...
Pagina 52
... told that they are not ' Karen levies ' because they have received no ' enlistment tickets . ' They have seen their comrades shot down by their sides . Some carry dacoit bullets in their bodies , and others can show ghastly wounds , but ...
... told that they are not ' Karen levies ' because they have received no ' enlistment tickets . ' They have seen their comrades shot down by their sides . Some carry dacoit bullets in their bodies , and others can show ghastly wounds , but ...
Pagina 53
... told me plainly they were hoping for a printing - press . I have not seen the papers with my own eyes , but a friend has seen three issues printed in Rangoon . This dacoit seed will bear a bloody crop if it is watered by the present im ...
... told me plainly they were hoping for a printing - press . I have not seen the papers with my own eyes , but a friend has seen three issues printed in Rangoon . This dacoit seed will bear a bloody crop if it is watered by the present im ...
Pagina 57
... large meeting held on the 29th , the Karen leaders told me that the poongyees were tattooing their men , and assuring them of the safe arrival of plenty of arms and powder . " If we could be as well treated as the INTRODUCTION . 57.
... large meeting held on the 29th , the Karen leaders told me that the poongyees were tattooing their men , and assuring them of the safe arrival of plenty of arms and powder . " If we could be as well treated as the INTRODUCTION . 57.
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