Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla, with comments by J.T. Thomson |
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... Slave Trade ... XVI . Raffles and the King of Siam XVII . Raffles and the Gambling Farm Departure of Sir S. Raffles XVIII . XIX . Departure of Colonel Farquhar John Crawfurd , Esq . , F.R.S. XX . XXI . Wonders of English Surgery ...
... Slave Trade ... XVI . Raffles and the King of Siam XVII . Raffles and the Gambling Farm Departure of Sir S. Raffles XVIII . XIX . Departure of Colonel Farquhar John Crawfurd , Esq . , F.R.S. XX . XXI . Wonders of English Surgery ...
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... slaves . All these circumstances became as a rope to tether the hearts of mankind to him . As dew falls at night and expands the flowers in the garden with its beneficence , which again diffuse their odours over the face of the earth ...
... slaves . All these circumstances became as a rope to tether the hearts of mankind to him . As dew falls at night and expands the flowers in the garden with its beneficence , which again diffuse their odours over the face of the earth ...
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... slaves " I have translated literally , as to do otherwise would not be rendering the Maho- medan's meaning correctly , the word he uses being " hamba , " - i.e . , slave , and not " mehkluk , " creature . The phrase is strange to the ...
... slaves " I have translated literally , as to do otherwise would not be rendering the Maho- medan's meaning correctly , the word he uses being " hamba , " - i.e . , slave , and not " mehkluk , " creature . The phrase is strange to the ...
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... slaves kept out of the way , owing to these outrageous proceedings and egregious improprieties . By this means the people were estranged ; and when an example was set by the great men , such as the officer above , people were the more ...
... slaves kept out of the way , owing to these outrageous proceedings and egregious improprieties . By this means the people were estranged ; and when an example was set by the great men , such as the officer above , people were the more ...
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... slaves by his countrymen . So little do we see our own faults when we are all alive to the faults of others . In Malacca , at that time , slaves were held who had been torn from their mother's breasts : husbands , wives , sons , and ...
... slaves by his countrymen . So little do we see our own faults when we are all alive to the faults of others . In Malacca , at that time , slaves were held who had been torn from their mother's breasts : husbands , wives , sons , and ...
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