The Romance of the HaremJ.R. Osgood, 1873 - 277 psl. |
Knygos viduje
Rezultatai 1–5 iš 55
psl.
... SIAM . XVI . KING OF SIAM • XVII . TEMPLE AND RUINS OF KAMPOOT • Frontispiece . Vignette . Page 32 " L 48 64 80 66 104 120 128 144 66 160 " L 168 16 176 • 184 " L 240 " 6 264 270 CONTENTS . CHAPTER PAGE I. " MUANG THAI , "
... SIAM . XVI . KING OF SIAM • XVII . TEMPLE AND RUINS OF KAMPOOT • Frontispiece . Vignette . Page 32 " L 48 64 80 66 104 120 128 144 66 160 " L 168 16 176 • 184 " L 240 " 6 264 270 CONTENTS . CHAPTER PAGE I. " MUANG THAI , "
psl.
... SIAM IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY- SIX , COMPARED WITH WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND IN SEV- ENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN 184 XXV . TRIAL FOR WITCHCRAFT . 188 202 • 213 XXVI . THE CHRISTIAN VILLAGE OF TAMSENG , OR OF THOMAS THE SAINT . · · XXVII ...
... SIAM IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY- SIX , COMPARED WITH WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND IN SEV- ENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN 184 XXV . TRIAL FOR WITCHCRAFT . 188 202 • 213 XXVI . THE CHRISTIAN VILLAGE OF TAMSENG , OR OF THOMAS THE SAINT . · · XXVII ...
2 psl.
... Siam are derived from three sources , namely , San- skrit , Siamese , and Cambodian . The names which the common people generally use are spoken according to the idiom of the Siamese language , are short and easily pro- nounced ; but ...
... Siam are derived from three sources , namely , San- skrit , Siamese , and Cambodian . The names which the common people generally use are spoken according to the idiom of the Siamese language , are short and easily pro- nounced ; but ...
3 psl.
... Siam and Pegu , sent embassies to him , and sought his alliance and protection . The profitable rela- tions anticipated from this opening were interrupted , how- ever , by the long and bitter war which shortly broke out between Siam and ...
... Siam and Pegu , sent embassies to him , and sought his alliance and protection . The profitable rela- tions anticipated from this opening were interrupted , how- ever , by the long and bitter war which shortly broke out between Siam and ...
4 psl.
... Siam . Rising among the southern slopes of the snow - covered moun- tains of Yunan , it traverses the whole length of the val- ley , receiving in its course the waters of many other streams , the most important being the Mèikhong ...
... Siam . Rising among the southern slopes of the snow - covered moun- tains of Yunan , it traverses the whole length of the val- ley , receiving in its course the waters of many other streams , the most important being the Mèikhong ...
Kiti leidimai - Peržiūrėti viską
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
Amazons arms Ayudia Bâlât Bangkok beautiful Boon Brahma Brahminical Buddha Buddhist cell chapel child Chom Manda court crowd dark daughter dear Dhamaphat dressed duke earth eyes face father fears feet flowers girl gold GRAND ROYAL hall hands harem Harriet Beecher Stowe head heart heaven judge Khoon Thow App king king of Siam L'ore lady laid Laotian light lips looked master May-Peâh Mèinam mistress Mongkut morning mother mysterious never night once Orissa P'haya P'hi P'hra Athiett palace Phra poor pray priest prince prison prostrated Rajpoot Rama replied river royal Rungeah Rupea seated seemed Siam Siamese side silver slave slave-girl slave-woman slavery Smâyâtee Somdetch sorrow strange suddenly Sunartha Vismita Tâmsèng tears tell temple tender Thieng thou thought ticals tion Tuptim turned utter Vela Chow voice wall wife wild witchcraft woman women words young
Populiarios ištraukos
237 psl. - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.
192 psl. - While day-light held The sky, the Poet kept mute conference With his still soul. At night the passion came, Like the fierce fiend of a distempered dream, And shook him from his rest, and led him forth Into the darkness...
59 psl. - L'ore should not have been emancipated when she offered to pay the full price of her freedom. The attention of all was excited to the highest degree ; every eye was turned upon the queen dowager. She spoke with difficulty, and answered with some embarrassment, but from head to foot her whole person defied the judge. " And what if every slave in my service should bring me the price of her freedom...
52 psl. - I plunged with one sudden bound into the bosom of the broad river. l heard a shriek above me as I disappeared under the waters. " How desperately I swam through the. strong currents, coming up to the surface from time to time to draw a long breath, then diving back into its protecting shelter again ! Finding my strength failing me, I made for the opposite bank, climbed its steep sides, and dried my clothes in the soft delicious breezes that came upon me as if just let free from the highest heavens....
59 psl. - ... dark, stern woman before them there was as great a respect for the rights of the meanest among them as for those of the queen dowager herself. The chief judge then read aloud in a clear voice the letter she had received from the king, and, when it was finished, the dowager and her daughter saluted the letter by prostrating themselves three times before it. Then the judge inquired if the august ladies had aught to say why the slavewoman L'ore should not have been emancipated when she offered to...
12 psl. - Very artless and happy she seemed, and free as she was lovely; but the instant she perceived she had attracted the notice of the king, she sank down and hid her face in the earth, forgetting or disregarding the falling vessels that threatened to crush or wound her. But the king merely diverted himself with inquiring her name and parentage; and some one answering for her, he turned away.
264 psl. - In regard to the concern of seeking and holding a religion that will be a refuge to you in this life: it is a good and noble concern, and it is exceedingly appropriate and suitable that you, as a nation, and each man individually, should investigate for himself, and according to his own wisdom, which is the...
135 psl. - They were putting chains on my hands, and jostling me about ; for so benumbed and prostrated was I at the sight of Boon, that I could not rise. I did not dare to ask her a single question for fear of implicating ourselves all the more, when my sister Thieng rushed into my room screaming, flung herself upon my bed, and clasped me around the neck. " ' Hush ! sister,' I said. ' Make these women wait a little, and tell me how they came to find it out ? ' " ' O Choy ! Choy ! ' she kept repeating, wringing...
240 psl. - Anna did not dispute with them. Indeed, she listened to them with interest. But at the same time she sent a request to the King for maps and globes. His Majesty responded promptly with a large English map and globes of the celestial and terrestrial spheres. These created an enormous sensation when they arrived one morning in the Temple of the Mothers of the Free.
247 psl. - Thenceforth, to express her entire sympathy and affection for the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, she always signed herself Harriet Beecher Stowe ; and her sweet voice trembled with love and music whenever she spoke of the lovely American lady who had taught her as even Buddha had taught kings to respect the rights of her fellowcreatures.