Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 53
... royal ministers strove who should best give effect to the orders of the king . As in this country , all is regulated by the opinions of the Brahmins , so that not even the king shall presume to take any step without their advice ...
... royal ministers strove who should best give effect to the orders of the king . As in this country , all is regulated by the opinions of the Brahmins , so that not even the king shall presume to take any step without their advice ...
Page 54
... royal orders are here executed . No sooner was Amarapura inhabited , than Ava , famed not only as the residence of so many kings , but also for its pleasant and convenient situation and the magnificence of its public buildings , was ...
... royal orders are here executed . No sooner was Amarapura inhabited , than Ava , famed not only as the residence of so many kings , but also for its pleasant and convenient situation and the magnificence of its public buildings , was ...
Page 62
... 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 . It was also ...
... 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 . It was also ...
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