The History of Java, Volume 2John Murray, 1830 - 868 pages |
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Adipáti afterwards appear appointed Aria arrived assistance attack authority Báli Bantam Batavia Blitar Bopáti Bramána Brambánan Browijaya Búgis called Chákra Chándi Chéribon chief Chinese court cultivation daughter death deities Demák Déwa districts ditto Dutch eastern established Europeans feet Gunung head Hindu hundred immediately inhabitants island Jáksa Jang'gála Japan Japára Java Javan Jáya Jungs Kála Káli Kediri Kendang Kérta Súra Kiái kobang kris land Madúra Madurese Mahomedan Maize Majapahit Makásar Mangkúrat Matárem ment Mérta mountain Nagára Names of Divisions native officers Pajajaran Pájang Palembang Panambahan Pangéran Pangéran Adipáti party Pasuruan Páteh Páti person pikul population Prabu present prince princess proceeded provinces Púgar Púra Ráden Raja Rátu received reign remains Resident rix-dollars Rupees Sang yang Gúru Sári Semarang Senapáti sent sovereign Spanish dollars stone sultan Súnan Surabaya Surapáti Súria Susunan tahils Tegal temples thousand tion Total trade troops Trúna village Wijaya Wira
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Page clix - Of this actual proprietary right, there can be no doubt that it originally [was] vested solely in the sovereign; but it is equally certain, that the first clearers of the land entitled themselves, as their just reward, to such a real property in the ground they thus in a manner created, that whilst a...
Page cxliii - Bali, therefore, may be considered as a kind of commentary on the ancient condition of the natives of Java. Hinduism has here severed society into castes; it has introduced its divinities ; it has extended its ceremonies into most of the transactions of life; it has enjoined or recommended some of its severest sacrifices, such as the burning of a widow on the funeral pile of her husband : but yet the individual retains all the native manliness of his character, and all the fire of the savage state.
Page clxiv - It is not enough ,' he wrote, ' that the Government lay down the principles of a benevolent system. ... It is with the Collectors that the application of those principles is entrusted, and to their temper, assiduity, judgment, and integrity that the people have to look for the enjoyment of the blessings which it is intended to bestow on them.
Page 93 - Aztec chiefs. introduced the cultivation of maize and cotton ; they built cities, made roads, and constructed those great pyramids which are yet admired, and of which the faces are very accurately laid out. They knew the use of hieroglyphical paintings ; they could work metals, and cut the hardest stones ; and they had a solar year more perfect than that of the Greeks and Romans.
Page clix - The nature of landed tenure throughout the Island is now thoroughly understood. Generally speaking, no proprietary right in the soil is vested in any, between the actual cultivator and the sovereign; the intermediate classes, who may have at any time enjoyed the revenues of villages or districts, being deemed merely the executive officers of Government, who received those revenues only from the gift of their lord, and who depended on his will alone for their tenure.
Page xxvi - The discovery of the abundant mines of America reduced, in the sixteenth century, the value of gold and silver in Europe to about a third of what it had been before.
Page liv - British government to promote their prosperity and welfare. The refusal of their late government to treat for their interests, although disabled by the events of war from affording them any further protection, has rendered the consequent establishment of the British authority unconditional. But an English government does not require the articles of a capitulation to impose those duties which are prompted by a sense of justice and a beneficent disposition. The people of Java are exhorted to consider...
Page 16 - SIR COUNT, — Pursuant to the arguments I maintained in your house two mornings ago, the playbill published yesterday entitles me to say that in the whole course of my life I have never met with hypocrisy and imposture equal to yours ; and the playbill published this morning proclaims you on the face of it to be no gentleman and a liar. " Go on, I pray. Satiate your vengeance — vengeance begotten by an amorous passion, in part concealed from the public gaze, possibly not credited by some...
Page liv - ... of the British authority unconditional. But an English government does not require the articles of a capitulation to impose those duties which are prompted by a sense of justice and a beneficent disposition. The people of Java are exhorted to consider their new connection with England as founded on principles of mutual advantage, and to be conducted in a spirit of kindness and affection. Providence has brought to them a protecting and benevolent government | they will cheerfully perform the reciprocal...