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What people are saying - Write a reviewUser Review - Flag as inappropriate Brilliant Book User Review - Flag as inappropriate Here's a sample of the quality of scanning: Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrases17th century ancient Anglo-Indian appears applied Arabic Batuta Bengal Bengal Presidency bird Bombay Calcutta called Canara century Ceylon chief China Chinese cloth coast coin corruption Court cowries custard-apple derived Diary Diet district Dutch East elephant Elliot English etymology European fruit Fryer Garcia de Orta given gives gold Guzerat Hamilton Hind Hindu Hindustani Hist horse Ibid Ibn Batuta India Indies island Java Javanese Khan kind King Kingdom known land language Letter London Lord Madras Mahommedan Mahr Malabar Malacca Malay Maldives meaning merchants mountains native officers origin pagoda Pegu Persian Polo Port Portugal Portuguese probably properly province quotation quoted river rupees Sanskrit says seems sent seqq servants ships Skeat Sumatra Tamil term tion town trade Travels tree tribe vessel village vols Voyage whilst word writers Popular passagesPage 330 - It is neither acid, nor sweet, nor juicy; yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. Page 66 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between... Page 492 - Yes, honour calls! — with strength like steel He put the vision by. Let dusky Indians whine and kneel; An English lad must die. And thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went. Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed; Vain, those all-shattering guns ; Unless proud England keep, untamed, The strong heart of her sons. So, let his name through Europe ring — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king, Because... Page xl - HIBBERT LECTURES ON THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RELIGION, as illustrated by the Religions of India. Page 66 - Some on the lower boughs which crossed their way, Fixing their bearded fibres round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound; Some to the passing wind, at times, with sway Of gentle motion swung; Others, of younger growth, unmoved, were hung Like stone-drops from the cavern's fretted height... Page 366 - A Code of Gentoo Laws, or. Ordinations of the Pundits. From a Persian Translation... Page 435 - And upon the beasts were there strong towers of wood, which covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him. Page 492 - Some Seiks, and a private of the Buffs, having remained behind with the grog-carts, fell into the hands of the Chinese. On the next morning they were brought before the authorities, and commanded to perform the kotou. Page 430 - Khalifahs, or legitimate Successors, as his representatives in both capacities. It is also given — in its religious import only — to the heads of the four orthodox sects... Page 322 - And when they have to be loaded, they kneel like the camel; once the load is adjusted, they rise. Their load is a heavy one, for they are very strong animals. Then there are sheep here as big as asses; and their tails are so large and fat, that one tail shall weigh some 30 Ibs. They are fine fat beasts, and afford capital mutton. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarEnglishization and contact linguisticsBRAJ B KACHRU - 1994 - World Englishes Mystery of the forbidden fruit: Historical epilogue on the origin ...J Kumamoto, R W Scora, H W Lawton, W A Clerx - 1987 - Economic Botany Phantasmagoric AestheticsZahid Chaudhary - 2005 - Cultural Critique References from web pagesHenry Yule, ac Burnell, Hobson-Jobson: a glossary of colloquial Anglo- Desultor » Blog Archive » Hobson Jobson JSTOR: Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words ... Hobson-Jobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides EVE’S TONGUE: Adamic language, patois, pidgin and Hobson-jobson ... Amardeep Singh: The 'Pariah' Needs a 'Cummerbund': More Indian/English Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and ... Hobson-Jobson : A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and ... The U of MT -- Mansfield Library langfing Misc. Pidgin/Creole Bibliographic information
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