The Golden Window of the East; Oriental Impressions
The book The Golden Window of the East; Oriental Impressions was written by author Reed, Milton, 1848- [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of The Golden Window of the East; Oriental Impressions book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Golden Window of the East; Oriental Impressions a good or bad book?
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He has been stripped of all political and judicial power. He is said to have been the father of 100 children, 73 of whom are living: and has so many grandchildren and great- grandchildren that he does not know their names. Dutch guards are stationed on the grounds. We saw a Rugan, a prince, at the hotel. He was attended by a retinue of guards and six serv- ants, with umbrellas. All crouched when he sat down at the tea-table. His waiters bowed to the floor when they offered him articles of food.... Can it be that there is a matrix for a future republic of self-respecting citizens, in countries where servile and degrading adulation of over- lords has been ground into the national conscious- ness, as the drift of countless ages.? "The di- vinity that doth hedge a king" dies hard. THE WATER CASTLE In Djocja are the ruins of the Taman Sarle, or Water Castle, built by a Portuguese architect, some two hundred years ago, for one of the most 88 GOLDEN WINDOW OF THE EAST powerful of the Sultans, Manko Boemi.
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