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... portion thus added to the present edition has been to a great extent taken from a former work of mine on the local superstitions of Ceylon , and the " Introduction and Progress of Christianity " there ; and as the section relating to ...
... portion thus added to the present edition has been to a great extent taken from a former work of mine on the local superstitions of Ceylon , and the " Introduction and Progress of Christianity " there ; and as the section relating to ...
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... portion of the present one ; but having expanded to too great dimensions to be made merely subsidiary , I formed them into a sepa- rate treatise . Along with them I have incorporated facts illustrative of the national character of the ...
... portion of the present one ; but having expanded to too great dimensions to be made merely subsidiary , I formed them into a sepa- rate treatise . Along with them I have incorporated facts illustrative of the national character of the ...
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... portions of the chapter on the Geology and Mineralogy of Ceylon ) has done me the favour to offer some valuable ... portion of my work which refers to this subject to the revision of the highest living authority on Indian botany ...
... portions of the chapter on the Geology and Mineralogy of Ceylon ) has done me the favour to offer some valuable ... portion of my work which refers to this subject to the revision of the highest living authority on Indian botany ...
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... portions of them read by Professor HUXLEY , Mr. MOORE , of the East India House Museum ; Mr. R. PATTERSON , F.R.S. , author of the Introduction to Zoology , and by Mr. ADAM WHITE , of the British Museum ; to each of whom I am ...
... portions of them read by Professor HUXLEY , Mr. MOORE , of the East India House Museum ; Mr. R. PATTERSON , F.R.S. , author of the Introduction to Zoology , and by Mr. ADAM WHITE , of the British Museum ; to each of whom I am ...
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... portion of my manuscript was submitted previous to its committal to the press . RIS . In the historical sections of the work , I have been reluctantly compelled to devote a considerable space to a narrative deduced from the ancient ...
... portion of my manuscript was submitted previous to its committal to the press . RIS . In the historical sections of the work , I have been reluctantly compelled to devote a considerable space to a narrative deduced from the ancient ...
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Other editions - View all
Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2019 |
Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2022 |
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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.