In Old Ceylon
Author : Reginald Farrer
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 20,71 MB
Release : 1996-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9788120610279
Author : Reginald Farrer
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 20,71 MB
Release : 1996-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9788120610279
Author : Christopher Ondaatje
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Leopard
ISBN : 9780006380146
Autobiographical account of a Sri Lanka born Canadian, woven around his journey through Sri Lanka.
Author : John Capper
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,43 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN :
Author : Reginald Farrer
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 27,37 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Missions
ISBN :
Author : Henry Parker
Publisher :
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
Author : John Capper
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 38,68 MB
Release : 2017-12-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780332497082
Excerpt from Old Ceylon: Sketches of Ceylon Life in the Olden Time The abode of this old patriarch would have furnished a study for a lover of the antique. Everything seemed in keeping with his long white beard. The doors and windows, the couches and three-legged table, all were hoary with years. Even the atmosphere had a musty smell about it, as though it had been keeping him company ever since he was a. Little boy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : John Capper
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 26,21 MB
Release : 2018-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781376567472
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Author : John Capper
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 2012-08-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781290931465
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Author : Richard Spittel
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Anthropology
ISBN :
Author : Reginald Farrer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780265355961
Excerpt from In Old Ceylon Then the procession of jewels continues. Sapphire has not yet shown you all it can do. From little brown canvas bags, such as those in which we Westerners some times carry mere contemptible sovereigns when we are so fortunate as to possess them, comes bounding forth, upon beds of snow-white paper, the moony refulgence of the star-stones. Of a soft dove - grey is the typical star sapphire, of a tender, clouded, milky blue, of pearly tones like a mountain mist, or softly cerulean as the bluebell; and, grey or white or blue, always there nestles at its heart a floating six-rayed star of pure light, that shifts and wavers across the surface of the stone as you move it to and fro. In the Old days, the cutters who roped the Kings of Lanka in Chains Of ruby and cat's-eye had the art Of so cutting these star-stones that ripple after ripple of radiance followed hard upon each other's heels as the jewel turned this way and that. But the secret lies long buried in the heart of dead Ceylon, and nowadays we must be contented with the hexagonal prism across that lovely clouded surface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.