The Kingdom and People of Siam: With a Narrative of the Mission to that Country in 1855, 第 1 卷J. W. Parker, 1857 - 446 頁 |
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ancient Ayuthia bamboo Bangkok barges Bishop Pallegoix boats body bonzes Brahmins brother Buddha Buddhist Burmese called Cambodia capital cardamums Catholic ceremony Chantaburi character Chau China Christian Cochin Chinese cocoa-nut colour Court death durian European father favour feet flowers foreign four fruit garments Gaudama give gold Gulf of Siam head honour hundred junks Juthia Kalahom King of Cambodia King of Siam King's kingdom labour Laos Loubère Majesty mandarins master Meinam ments miles minister Mission missionaries Mongkut month mountain nations native nobles ornaments pagoda palace Pali Pallegoix says Pegu Peguans persons Phaja Phra piculs Prasat Thong present priests prince principal prostrate punished rank receive reign religion religious rice river round royal sacred Second King sent Siamese Siamese inches silver slaves Somdetch sovereign talapoins temples thousand throne ticals tion tree tribute vessels visited white elephant whole Yot Fa
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第 179 頁 - I be afflicted by the intolerable oppressions of my superiors ; or may cholera morbus cause my death : after which, may I be precipitated into hell, there to go through innumerable stages of torture ; amongst which, may I be condemned to carry water over the flaming regions in open...
第 250 頁 - Queen of Heaven.' She is said to have been a virgin, who lived some centuries ago in Fuh-keen, near the district of Fuh-chow. On account of having with great fortitude, and by a kind of miracle, saved her brother who was on the point of drowning, she was deified, and loaded with titles, not dissimilar to those bestowed on the Virgin Mary. Every vessel is furnished with an image of this goddess, before whom a lamp is kept burning.
第 307 頁 - In these countries, women are not so universally confined in the interior of their houses, without the remotest chance of ever appearing in public. They are seen circulating freely in the streets ; they preside at the comptoir, and hold an almost exclusive possession...
第 249 頁 - The common sailors receive from the captain nothing but dry rice, and have to provide for themselves their other fare, which is usually very slender. These sailors are not, usually, men who have been trained up to their occupation ; but wretches, who were obliged to flee from their homes ; and they frequently engage for a voyage, before they have ever been on board a junk. All of them, however stupid, are commanders ; and if...
第 180 頁 - ... of justice, and thereafter may I fall into the lowest pit of hell ; or if these miseries should not ensue, may I after death migrate into the body of a slave, and suffer all the hardships and...
第 178 頁 - Buddha), declare that I am wholly unprejudiced against either party, and uninfluenced in any way by the opinions or advice of others ; and that no prospects of pecuniary advantage or of advancement to office have been held out to me : I also declare that I have not received any bribe on this occasion. If what I have now spoken be false, or if in my further averments I...
第 179 頁 - If I have not seen, yet shall say that I have seen — if I shall say that I know that which I do not know, then may I be thus punished : — Should innumerable descents of the Deity happen for the regeneration and salvation of mankind, may my erring and migrating THE SIAMESE OATH.
第 248 頁 - ... ship, This is the business of the ho-chang, or pilot. During the whole voyage, to observe the shores and promontories are the principal objects which occupy his attention, day and night. He sits steadily on the side of the ship, and sleeps when standing, just as it suits his convenience. Though he has, nominally, the command over the sailors, yet they obey him only when they find it agreeable to their own wishes ; and they scold and brave him, just as if he belonged to their own company. Next...
第 62 頁 - Siam was great and merciful, that he himself had committed a great error and deserved his present punishment. In this cage were placed with the prisoner, a large mortar to pound him in, a large boiler to boil him in, a hook to hang him by, and a sword to decapitate him ; also a sharp-pointed spike for him to sit on.
第 250 頁 - When any alteration for improvement is proposed, they will readily answer, — If we adopt this measure we shall justly fall under the suspicion of barbarism. The most disgusting thing on board a junk is idolatry, the rites of which are performed with the greatest punctuality. The goddess of the sea is Ma-tsoo-po, called also Teen-how,