The Burman: His Life and Notions, Volume 2

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Macmillan and Company, 1882 - Burma - 730 pages

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Page 195 - Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Page 154 - They petitioned the King, who, in his clemency and generosity, sent them large sums of money to pay their expenses...
Page 195 - To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 154 - In the years 1186 and 87, the Kula-pyu, or white strangers of the West, fastened a quarrel upon the Lord of the Golden Palace. They landed at Rangoon, took that place and Prome, and were permitted to advance as far as Yandabo ; for the King, from motives of piety and regard to life, made no effort whatever to oppose them.
Page 157 - Chabudu ; the Lord of Water and Earth, and Emperor of Emperors, against whose Imperial Majesty if any shall be so foolish as to imagine any thing, it shall be happy for them to die and be consumed ; the Lord of great charity, and Help of all nations, the great Lord esteemed for happiness ; the Lord of all riches, of elephants, and horses, and all good blessings ; the Lord of high-built palace-s, of gold; the great and most powerful Emperor in this life, the soles of whose feet are gilt, and set upon...
Page 90 - Though ignorant, they are, where no mental exertion is required, inquisitive and to a certain extent eager for information; indifferent to the shedding of blood on the part of their rulers, yet not individually cruel; temperate, abstemious, and hardy, but idle, with neither fixedness of purpose nor perseverance. Discipline or any continued employment becomes most irksome to them, yet they are not devoid of a certain degree of enterprise.
Page 90 - Hence, instead of spending their time in improving their possessions, they prefer to give themselves up to an indolent repose, to spend the day in talking, smoking, and chewing betel, or else to become the satellites of some powerful Mandarin. The same hatred of labour leads to an excessive love of gaming, and also to thieving, to which they are much addicted. The severity of the laws against theft is not sufficient to restrain their rapacity, and the whole empire is overrun with robbers.
Page 156 - ... the west in glory and honour ; the clear firmament of virtue, the fountain of justice, the perfection of wisdom, the lord of charity, and protector of the distressed ; the first mover in the sphere of greatness, president in council, victorious in war ; who feareth none, and is feared by all ; centre of the treasures of the earth and of the sea ; lord proprietor of gold and silver...
Page 155 - Emperor of emperors, and excelling the Kings of the East and of the West in glory and honour ; the clear firmament of virtue, the fountain of justice, the perfection of wisdom, the lord of charity...
Page 189 - King of Elephants, master of many white elephants, lord of the mines of gold, silver, rubies, amber, and the noble serpentine, Sovereign of the Empires of Thuna-paranta and Tampadipa and other great empires and countries, and of all the umbrella-wearing chiefs, the supporter of religion, the Sun-descended Monarch, arbiter of life, and great...

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