 | John Anderson - 1824 - 316 頁
...rendered them, although essentially weak and puerile, avaricious, vain and arrogant to such an ex.. treme, as to fancy themselves nothing less than the very...scarcely safe even to attempt to conciliate them, & thus the most moderate policy on the part of other nations, will always be in danger of being construed... | |
 | 1841 - 808 頁
...conduct will be indispensably requisite. The Siamese are surrounded by weak neighbours, whom they hare subjugated, and to whom they dictate without resistance....nothing less than the very first nation on the globe. Tliese unfounded pretensions mislead them so egregiously, that it is scarcely safe eren to attempt... | |
 | Lennox Algernon Mills - 1925 - 372 頁
...all strangers, and especially Europeans." "Although essentially weak and pusillanimous," they were " vain and arrogant to such an extreme as to fancy themselves...nothing less than the very first nation on the globe. . . .It is scarcely safe even to attempt to conciliate them, and thus the most moderate policy on the... | |
 | Mayurī Ngaosīvat, Pheuiphanh Ngaosyvathn - 1998 - 280 頁
...great ignorance of all foreign nations has rendered them, although essentially weak and pusillanimous, vain and arrogant to such an extreme as to fancy themselves nothing less than the very first nation on the globe.4 1 Burney Papers, vol. 2, pt. 4, p. 46. 2 Hall (1976), p. 599. 3 Mouhot (1863), p. 248. 4 Crawfurd... | |
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This, and their great ignorance of all foreign nations, has rendered them, although essentially weak and puerile, avaricious, vain and arrogant to such an extreme, as to fancy themselves nothing less than the very first nation on the globe. 