Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla, with comments by J.T. Thomson |
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... clever ; while as to their talk , it is enormously big , in order that folks may believe in their cleverness ; but their talk is all empty air . For when people ask them to do anything , whether it be in composition , in writing , or ...
... clever ; while as to their talk , it is enormously big , in order that folks may believe in their cleverness ; but their talk is all empty air . For when people ask them to do anything , whether it be in composition , in writing , or ...
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... clever and mighty ; but if he be clever and mighty , but not wealthy , as a matter of course he is low again . Moreover , all my sayings , my circumstances , and the like , I take by way of prototype of myself . In the first place ...
... clever and mighty ; but if he be clever and mighty , but not wealthy , as a matter of course he is low again . Moreover , all my sayings , my circumstances , and the like , I take by way of prototype of myself . In the first place ...
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... clever one , but , on the contrary , is full of stupidities and errors in every time and period . ” * Note by Translator . The autobiographer , Abdulla bin Abdulkadar , münshi , was a Mahomedan and a British subject , having been born ...
... clever one , but , on the contrary , is full of stupidities and errors in every time and period . ” * Note by Translator . The autobiographer , Abdulla bin Abdulkadar , münshi , was a Mahomedan and a British subject , having been born ...
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... clever Pawang that is ! See how potent his exorcism is ; the elephants even are afraid ! But this was entirely false , for the brutes , having fasted several days , were quiet on getting something to eat , and the little ones were ...
... clever Pawang that is ! See how potent his exorcism is ; the elephants even are afraid ! But this was entirely false , for the brutes , having fasted several days , were quiet on getting something to eat , and the little ones were ...
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... clever , and his admiration well founded . Why Mr. Raffles , a poor , half - educated clerk , should have been promoted suddenly to a position that would give a salary of £ 2400 a year ( knowing the mercenary nature of the Leadenhall ...
... clever , and his admiration well founded . Why Mr. Raffles , a poor , half - educated clerk , should have been promoted suddenly to a position that would give a salary of £ 2400 a year ( knowing the mercenary nature of the Leadenhall ...
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Abdulla amoked amongst appears arrived asked Bengal called Campong Glam Captain carried Chap Chinese Christian clever cloth Colonel Farquhar Cornhill Crawfurd Crown 8vo custom Demy 8vo dingan durian Dutch East India Company Edition elephants English European father fire Gazette gentlemen give Governor hands heard Hindoo hundred Inchi interest Jakuns Java Javanese Kling labour letter live Lord Minto Mahomed Mahomedan Malacca Malay language ment missionaries morrow native Orang Laut ordered Pahang Pangeran pantun Paternoster Row Penang Pengulu Price prows races Raffles Raja remained replied returned Rhio ryots sailed seen sepoys ship Singapore Sir Stamford Sir Stamford Raffles slavery slaves Spanish dollars story Sultan and Tomungong Susanan Syed Essen Tanjong Kling tell thought told took translation tribe tropical Tuanku Long Tuanku Penglima Besar various vessel vols wife writing
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