Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 9
... manner in which they bring up their children , and contract marriage , is very singular . As the women there are not subject to menses nor the pains of labour , when their time arrives , they are delivered without any pain or difficulty ...
... manner in which they bring up their children , and contract marriage , is very singular . As the women there are not subject to menses nor the pains of labour , when their time arrives , they are delivered without any pain or difficulty ...
Page 62
... manner of the royal palace ; a guard of 100 soldiers was given to it , together with four or five hundred servants , whose duty it was always to wait upon it , to bring its food , and to wash it every day with odoriferous sandal water ...
... manner of the royal palace ; a guard of 100 soldiers was given to it , together with four or five hundred servants , whose duty it was always to wait upon it , to bring its food , and to wash it every day with odoriferous sandal water ...
Page 145
... manner ; but painting is in a very rude state , and is entirely devoid of those beauties , which give it so much value with us . In painting flowers the Burmese artists are tolerable , but they have very imperfect notions of drawing and ...
... manner ; but painting is in a very rude state , and is entirely devoid of those beauties , which give it so much value with us . In painting flowers the Burmese artists are tolerable , but they have very imperfect notions of drawing and ...
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