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" Now (the people said) the English are indeed masters of the country; for they who possess the relic have a right to govern four kingdoms: this , for 2000 years, is the first time the relic was ever taken from us... "
Travels in Ceylon and Continental India: Including Nepal and Other Parts of ... - Page 134
by Werner Hoffmeister - 1848 - 527 pages
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An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants: With Travels ...

John Davy - 1821 - 578 pages
...karandua, about a foot and a half high, was deposited in the great karandua. Here, it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture...relic have a right to govern four kingdoms : this, for 2000 years, is the first time the relic was ever taken from us." * And the first Adikar observed, "...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1849 - 700 pages
...Dalada Malegawa, or 'temple,' from which it had been clandestinely taken Here it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture...almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightened ; for now they said, ' The English are indeed masters of the country ; for they who possess the relic...
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A Narrative of the Establishment and Progress of the Missions to Ceylon and ...

William Martin Harvard - 1823 - 546 pages
...karandua, about a foot and a half high, was deposited in the great karandua. Here, it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture...relic have a right to govern four kingdoms : this, for 2000 years, is the first time the relic was ever taken from «*. And the first Adikar observed, ' That...
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A Narrative of the Establishment and Progress of the Missions to Ceylon and ...

William Martin Harvard - 1823 - 508 pages
...karandua, about a foot and a half high, was deposited in the great karandua. Here, it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture...English are indeed masters of the country ; for they tcAo possess the relic have a right to govern four kingdoms : this, for 2000 years, is the first time...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 21

1824 - 600 pages
...karandua, about a foot and a half high, was deposited in the great karandua. Here it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture...enlightened. Now, the people said, the English are indeed matters of the country ; for lliey who possess the relic, have a right to govern jour kingdoms ; this...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 21; Volume 39

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1824 - 608 pages
...karandua, about a foot and a half high, was deposited in the great karandua. Here it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect •of its capture...astonishing, and almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightehed. Now, the people ^sid, ike English arc indeed matters of the country ; for they who postess...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1849 - 836 pages
...its capturo was astonishing, and almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightened ; for now they said, the English are indeed masters of the country...they who possess the relic have a" right to govern tour kingdoms : this, for 2,000 years, is the first time the relic was ever taken from us. The Portuguese...
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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and ..., Volume 1

Charles Pridham - 1849 - 530 pages
...the relic was of infinitely greater moment." And an Englishman, then resident in the interior, says, "The effect of its capture was astonishing, and almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightened." The exhibition of Buddha's tooth in 1828 was accompanied by every attribute of magnificence. Fifty-three...
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Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ..., Volume 2

Henry Charles Sirr - 1850 - 404 pages
...Dalada Malegawa, or temple, from which it had been clandestinely taken " Here it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken the effect of its capture...almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightened ; for now they said, the English are indeed masters of the country; for they who possess the relic...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 36

1850 - 890 pages
...time in Ceylon, thus speaks of the influence connected with it : — " Hero it may be remarked, that, when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture...almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightened ; for now, they said, the English are indeed masters of the country ; for they who possess the relic...
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