Poetical Sketches of the Interior of the Island of Ceylon, Part 1Swarna Hansa Foundation, 1987 - Sri Lanka |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 88
Page 30
... Island of Ceylon , and only daughter of the RIGHT REV . GEORGE GLEIG , L.L.D. , F.R.S.E. , & c . Senior Bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church : Born at Stirling , North Britain , on the 19th of April , 1793 ; and Died at Colombo , Island ...
... Island of Ceylon , and only daughter of the RIGHT REV . GEORGE GLEIG , L.L.D. , F.R.S.E. , & c . Senior Bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church : Born at Stirling , North Britain , on the 19th of April , 1793 ; and Died at Colombo , Island ...
Page ii
... Ceylon among the Greeks and This has , indeed , been controverted ; and the name of Tapro bane has been assigned to ... island of Ceylon . But the pearls are a more peculiar produce and the pearl fishery is a principal source of revenue ...
... Ceylon among the Greeks and This has , indeed , been controverted ; and the name of Tapro bane has been assigned to ... island of Ceylon . But the pearls are a more peculiar produce and the pearl fishery is a principal source of revenue ...
Page xviii
... Ceylon . It is formed by a ravine , which is the singular and peculiar feature of the interior of this island , where every ravine is a valley , and every valley a ravine . Through this winds a pretty little stream , or oya . In some ...
... Ceylon . It is formed by a ravine , which is the singular and peculiar feature of the interior of this island , where every ravine is a valley , and every valley a ravine . Through this winds a pretty little stream , or oya . In some ...
Common terms and phrases
Adam's Peak amid ancient banks Barnsley Barusley beautiful Behold beneath Black Forest blest bold bosom bright Buddha Candian Cicada clouds Colombo Country dark deep delight descend doth Elephant fancy feet flower gentle gloomy Greek Anthologies green guam Hansa Development Communication hath head heart hill insect Interior Island of Ceylon jungle and forest lature light lofty lone loud Macdowal Major Davie Megasthenes melancholy mind mountain heights Mountain Pass natives night Nuwera Ellia o'er painful pass Peacock mountain Pedro tallagalla plain POETICAL SKETCHES pride rain Rambodde ravine repose rest Rhododendrons rills river rock rude scarce scene scenery seabird seen Siddharte side sight silent Singhalese sleep soft solitude sooth sorrow soul spirit spot stood stream Sumatra Swarna Hansa Development Swarna Hansa Foundation sweet sword Talipot Tree tall Taprobane thee thought torrents Trincomalee vale valley vast waterfalls waters wild winding wing woods wound