Ceylon in the "jubilee Year.": With an Account of the Progress Made Since 1803, and of the Present Condition of Its Agricultural and Commercial Enterprises; the Resources Awaiting Development by Capitalists; and the Unequalled Attractions Offered to Visitors |
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Page 408 - The patronizing air of his people nettled him — caused him to reflect somewhat bitterly that "a prophet is not without honour save in his own country.
Page 158 - Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.
Page 338 - F., whilst that on the summit of the peak is from 30° to 40° F. Consequently the lower strata of air are much less dense than the upper ; and an almost horizontal ray of light passing over the summit, must of necessity be refracted upwards and suffer total internal reflection as in the case of an ordinary mirage.
Page 337 - As the sun rises higher, the shadow rapidly approaches the mountain, and appears at the same time to rise before the spectator in the form of a gigantic pyramid. Distant objects — a hill or a river (or even Colombo itself, at a distance of 45 miles) — may be distinctly seen through...
Page 227 - ... outside cover of these carandus (caskets) is five feet in height, formed of silver gilt, and shaped in the form of a dagoba:* the same form is preserved in the five inner cases, which are of gold ; two of them, moreover, being inlaid with rubies and other precious stones. The outer case is decorated with many gold ornaments and jewels, which have been offered to the relic, and serve to embellish its shrine.
Page 158 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 206 - Here and there, by the side of this river, there is a world of hewn stone pillars, standing upright ; and other heaps of hewn stones, which I suppose formerly were buildings. And in three or four places, are the ruins of bridges, built of stone ; some remains of them yet standing upon stone pillars.
Page 338 - Distant objects, a hill or a river (or even Colombo itself, at a distance of 45 miles), may be distinctly seen through it, lighted up by the sunlight, diffused most probably by the surrounding illuminated atmosphere ; so that the shadow is not really a shadow on the land, but a veil of darkness suspended between the observer and the low country. All this time it is rapidly rising and approaching, and each instant becoming more distinct, until suddenly it seems to fall back on the spectator, like...
Page 206 - Kings have since reigned there successively, where by the ruins that still remain, it appears they spared not for pains and labour to build Temples and high Monuments to the honour of this God, as if they had been born only to hew Rocks, and great Stones, and lay them up in heaps. These Kings are now happy Spirits, having merited it by these their labours.
Page 208 - Dutch fort of Aripo on the 18th of October 1679; afterwards having been sent to Batavia, he from thence returned to England in September 1680, and was soon after made captain of the Tarquin in the East India Company's service. All the ruins at Anuradhapoora, even the lofty monuments which contain the relics of the Buddha, are either entirely covered with jungle, or partly * Between Kandy and Gampola.