 | James Cordiner - Cingalese - 1807 - 388 pages
...keep watches round about his country, to prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming; and that as they are thus employed in his Majesty's service, so it is for sustenance that they come up into his country. Thus by flattering him, and ascribing to him high and honourable... | |
 | William Knighton - Sri Lanka - 1845 - 424 pages
...keep watches round about his country, to prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming; and that, as they are thus employed in his Majesty's service, so...occasioned their coming up into his Majesty's country. And thus by flattering him, and ascribing to him high and honourable titles, which are things he greatly... | |
 | Henry Charles Sirr - Sri Lanka - 1850 - 434 pages
...keep watches round about his country, to prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming ; and that as they are thus employed in his Majesty's service, so...occasioned their coming up into his Majesty's country. And thus, by flattering him, and ascribing to him high and honourable titles, which are things he greatly... | |
 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming; and that as they are thus employed in his majesties service, so it is for sustenance which they want that occasioned their coming up into his majesties country. And thus by nattering him and ascribing to him high and honorable titles, which... | |
 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1859 - 702 pages
...prevent foreign nations and enemies trom coming ; and that as they are thus employed in his majesties service, so it is for sustenance which they want that occasioned their coming up into his majesties country. And thus by flattering him and ascribing to him high and honorable titles, which... | |
 | John Ferguson - Agriculture - 1893 - 560 pages
...advantage of it, by flattering him with their ambassadors, telling him that they are his majesty's numble subjects and servants, and that it is out of their...the king lived, all the latter part of his reign, in Hewaheta (probably at Hanguranketa) in retirement. The Hahavansa says nothing of this, except that... | |
 | Henry William Cave - Sri Lanka - 1894 - 244 pages
...keep watches round the country, to prevent foreign nations and enemies coming ; and that as they were thus employed in his majesty's service, so it is for...sustenance which they want that occasioned their coming into his majesty's country. And thus they flatter him, ascribing to him high and honourable titles,... | |
 | Robert Knox - Ceyton - 1911 - 590 pages
...prevent Forraign Nations and Enemies from coming. And that as they are thus imployed in his Majesties service, so it is for sustenance, which they want, that occasioned their coming up into his Majesties Countrey. And thus by Flattering him, and ascribing to him High and Honourable Titles, which... | |
 | Travel - 1994 - 452 pages
...keep watches round the country, to prevent foreign nations and enemies coming ; and that as they were thus employed in his majesty's service, so it is for...sustenance which they want that occasioned their coming into his majesty's country. And thus they flatter him, ascribing to him high and honourable titles,... | |
 | Arnold Wright - Business & Economics - 1999 - 928 pages
...keep watches round about his country to prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming ; and that as they are thus employed in his majesty's service, so...occasioned their coming" up into his majesty's country ; and thus by flattering him and ascribing to him high and honourable titles, which are things he greatly... | |
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... loyalty to him that they build forts and keep watches round about his country to prevent foreign nations and enemies from coming ; and that as they are thus employed in his majesty's service, so it is for sustenance, which they want, that occasioned... 