 | Sir George Barrow (2d bart.) - Sri Lanka - 1857 - 220 pages
...escape, and had land there. In the latter stands the royal and chief city, Kandy. He states that— "They are most populous and fruitful. The inhabitants...are the chief and principal men; insomuch that it is an usual saying among them, that if they want a king, they may take any man of either of these two... | |
 | Edward Arber - English literature - 1877 - 668 pages
...last, and had land — Yattenowera, " The Lower City," in which stands the royal and chief city Kandy. These two counties I last named, have the pre-eminence...that " if they want a king, they may take any man of either of these two counties from the plough, and wash the dirt off him ; and he — by reason of his... | |
 | Thomas Seccombe - Voyages and travels - 1903 - 482 pages
...last, and had land — Yattenowera, " The Lower City," in which stands the royal and chief city Kandy. These two counties I last named, have the pre-eminence...that " if they want a king, they may take any man of either of these two counties from the plough, and wash the dirt off gi:] CEYLON FULL OF HILLS, RIVERS... | |
 | Robert Knox - Ceyton - 1911 - 590 pages
...sixty Souldiers,) Cotemul, Horsepot (four hundred Souldiers,) Tunponahoy (three fifties,) Oudanour (it signifies the Upper City,) where I lived last...that if they want a King, they may take any man, of either of these two Counties, from the Plow, and wash the dirt off him, and he by reason of his quality... | |
 | John William Balding - Missions - 1922 - 320 pages
...Ceylon in the English language, in which he says of Uda Nuwara and Yata Nuwara, ' These two counties have the pre-eminence of all the rest in the land»...that, if they want a king, they may take any man, of either of these two counties from the plough, and wash the dust off him and he by reason of his quality... | |
 | L. E. Blaze - History - 2004 - 298 pages
...land," and Yatinuwara, in which was the " royal and chief city," Kandy, he makes special mention. They " have the pre-eminence of all the rest in the land....that if they want a king, they may take any man of either of these two counties, from the plough, and wash the dirt off him, and he by reason of his quality... | |
 | Robert Knox - British - 2004 - 122 pages
...lived last and had land, Tattanour, (the lower city) in which stands the royal and chief city, Candy. These two counties I last named have the pre-eminence...the chief and principal men : insomuch, that it is an usual saying among them, that if they want a king, they may take any man, of either of these two... | |
 | Robert Knox - Sri Lanka - 2004 - 166 pages
...last, and had land — Yattenowera, " The Lower City," in which stands the royal and chief city Kandy. These two counties I last named, have the pre-eminence...that " if they want a king, they may take any man of either of these two counties from the plough, and wash the dirt off him ; and he — by reason of his... | |
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These two Counties I last named, have the pre-eminence of all the rest in the Land. They are most populous, and fruitful. The Inhabitants thereof are the chief and principal men : insomuch that it is a usual saying among them, that if they want a King,... 