 Only what their necessities force them to do, they do: that is, to get food and raiment. Yet in this I must a little vindicate them. For what indeed should they do with more than food and raiment ; seeing that, as their estates increase, so do their taxes...  A Description of Ceylon - Page 313by James Cordiner - 1807 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Arber - English literature - 1877 - 668 pages
...quantity; if the people were but laborious and industrious. But that, they are not. For the Cingalese are naturally a people given to sloth and laziness....to work. Only what their necessities force them to do, they do: that is, to get food and raiment. Yet in this I must a little vindicate them. For what... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1903 - 480 pages
...quantity; if the people were but laborious and industrious. But that, they are not. For the Cingalese are naturally a people given to sloth and laziness....to work. Only what their necessities force them to do, they do : that is, to get food and raiment. Yet in this I must a little vindicate them. For what... | |
 | Robert Knox - Ceyton - 1911 - 590 pages
...quantity, if the People were but laborious and industrious. But that they are not. For the Chingulays are Naturally, a people given to sloth and laziness...if they can but any ways live, they abhor to work ; onely what their necessities force them to, they do, that is, to get Food and Rayment. Yet in this... | |
 | Robert Knox - British - 2004 - 122 pages
...if the people were but laborious and industrious : but that thev are not , 1 «/ for the Chingulays are naturally a people given to sloth and laziness...to work ; only what their necessities force them to do, they do, that is, to get food and raiment. Yet in this I must a little vindicate them ; for me... | |
 | Robert Knox - Sri Lanka - 2004 - 166 pages
...quantity; if the people were but laborious and industrious. But that, they are not. For the Cingalese are naturally a people given to sloth and laziness....to work. Only what their necessities force them to do, they do: that is, to get food and raiment. Yet in this I must a little vindicate them. For what... | |
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