Travels in south-eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China; with a full account of the Burman empire, 1. kötetGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1839 |
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abundant Akyab Arracan bamboo Bay of Bengal beautiful Bengal boats Boodh Boodhism Brahmins British Burman called cheroot chiefly Chinese Chittagong Christian cloth colour common deck diameter districts eight English exported Farther India fifty foreigners forty four fruit Gaudama gilded give grows hundred idols images inches India inhabitants Irrawaddy islands Judson Karens kind king kyoungs labour language large tree leaves less Martaban Maulmain Mergui miles mission missionaries months mountain native assistants never noble officers pagoda passed Pegu persons population prayer preach present priests principal Prome provinces quantity rains Rangoon received region religion resembling respect rice river round rupees sacred sail sapan wood scarcely season seems seen seldom Shyans Siam side slaves sometimes species Tavoy teak Tenasserim thousand ticals timber town tracts twelve various vessels villages visited whole wild wood worship zayats
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10. oldal - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
73. oldal - PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
251. oldal - In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left : and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
5. oldal - Hail, Source of Being ! Universal Soul Of Heaven and Earth ! Essential Presence, hail ! To Thee I bend the knee ; to Thee my thoughts Continual climb ; who, with a master-hand, Hast the great whole into perfection touch'd.
216. oldal - Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
81. oldal - For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
81. oldal - Gold, which they prepared for Baal. Therefore, will I return and take away my Corn in the time thereof, and my Wine in the season thereof, and will recover my Wool and my Flax...
322. oldal - It has no mythology of obscene and ferocious deities; no sanguinary or impure observances ; no self-inflicted tortures ; no tyrannizing priesthood ; no confounding of right and wrong, by making certain iniquities laudable in worship. In its moral code, its descriptions of the purity and peace of the first ages, of the shortening of man's life because of his sins, &c., it seems to have followed genuine traditions. In almost every respect, it seems to be the best religion which man has ever invented.
257. oldal - When I am going by water, may the aquatic genii assault me, the boat be upset, and the property lost ; and may alligators, porpoises, sharks, or other sea-monsters, seize and crush me to death; and when I change worlds, may I not arrive among men or nats, but suffer unmixed punishment and regret, in the utmost wretchedness among the four states of punishment, Hell, Prita, Beasts, and Athurakai.
62. oldal - Some even of marble, are so time-worn, though sheltered of course from changes of temperature, that the face and fingers are obliterated. In some dark recesses, bats were heard, and seemed numerous, but could not be seen. Here and there are models of temples, kyoungs, &c., some not larger than a half bushel, and some ten or fifteen feet square, absolutely filled with small idols, heaped promiscuously one upon another. As we followed the paths which wound among the groups of figures and models, every...