Malay SketchesJohn Lane, 1903 - 288 頁 |
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Alang amongst arms arrived asked attack bajang Bandar Bharu bank Bendahara Birch Blanja boat body called chiefs colours covered dark death elephants enemy eyes face feet fell fire fish forest friends girl Haji Ali Haji Mûsah hands heard Imam jungle Kâsim Kedah killed King kris Kuala Kangsar Kuala Lumpor lady Lambor Lasam lâtah lived Maharaja Lela Maimunah Malay Malay Peninsula Mat Aris Měgat miles Muhammadan murder Nakodah Orlong night Pah Patin Pandak Indut party Pâsir Pasir Salak passed Pawang Penang Pěnglima Prang Semaun Peninsula Perak River preter priest Râja Raja Iskander Raja Mahmud realised replied Resident returned rice and salt round Sâhit Sakai Sâlak seen Selangor Shabandar side Sikh Slêman spear spirit stockade stream suddenly Sultan Sultan of Perak things tiger tion told took trees village walk wife woman women wounded
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第 31 頁 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
第 91 頁 - So when the Angel of the darker Drink At last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff — you shall not shrink.
第 198 頁 - If you fail, try again several times, repeating more incantations. If not successful, go the next night and make a further effort, and the night after, if necessary — three nights in all. If you cannot then catch your shadow, wait till the same day on the following month and renew the attempt. Sooner or later you will succeed, and, as you stand there in the brilliance of the moonlight, you will see that you have drawn your shadow into yourself, and your body will never again cast a shade. Go home,...
第 193 頁 - ... controversialists of other kinds, are always under a strong temptation to seek fair ends by foul means. We have no right to secure the condemnation of the basest criminals by menacing the jury and bribing the judge. I do not believe in Lynch law, even for the worst crimes. It is dangerous to try to cast out devils in the name of Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
第 103 頁 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
第 207 頁 - pawang " (I dare not call him conjurer) works with bare arms to show there is no deception. He takes the kris (yours, if you prefer it) from its wooden handle, and, holding the steel point downwards in his left hand, he recites a short incantation to the effect that he knows all about iron and where...
第 244 頁 - Chiefs whose complicity in the assassination was established by the fullest evidence, were banished from the State, and a like sentence was passed upon the ex-Sultan Ismail and some of his adherents. In Mr. Birch the British Government lost one of its most courageous, able, and zealous officers, but, by the action which his death made necessary, the State of Perak gained in twelve months what ten years of 'advice' could hardly have accomplished.
第 19 頁 - I have given you lands to hunt in, I have given you streams to fish in, I have given you bear and bison, I have given you roe and reindeer, I have given you brant and beaver, Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, Filled the rivers full of fishes: Why then are you not contented?
第 51 頁 - ... movements. But those of the audience whom I was near enough to question were, Malay-like, unable to give me much information. Attendants stood or sat near the dancers, and from time to time, as the vi SYMBOLIC DANCES 463 girls tossed one thing on the floor, handed them another. Sometimes it was a fan or a mirror they held, sometimes a flower or small vessel, but oftener their hands were empty, as it is in the management of the fingers that the chief art of Malay dancers consists.
第 3 頁 - He is by nature a sportsman, catches and tames elephants, is a skilful fisherman, and thoroughly at home in a boat. Above all things, he is conservative to a degree, is proud and fond of his country and his people, venerates his ancient customs and traditions...