 Ceylon peels off; that of the gulph is as firm as the rock upon which it grows ; a'ld though it loses in colour and water one per cent. annually for fifty years, yet it still loses less than that of Ceylon. It ceases after fifty years to lose any thing.  The British Critic: A New Review - Page 301812Full view - About this book
 | 1812 - 698 pages
...though, indeed, a large proportion of the whole is arr"fted in its progrefs at Ce'ißaittinäjile, to deck the Sultanas of the Seraglio. The pearl of...colour and water one per cent, annually for fifty vears, yet it ftill lofes lefs than that of Ceylon. It ceafcs after fifty years to lofe any thing.... | |
 | Hunting - 1812 - 428 pages
...Europe ; Though, indeed, a large proportion of the whole is arrested in its progress at Constantinople to deck the Sultanas of the Seraglio. The pearl of Ceylon peels- off; that of the giilph is as iirui as the rock upon which it grows ; avid, though it loses in colonr and water 1 per... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 556 pages
...Europe ; though, indeed, a large proportion of the whole is arrested in its progress at Constantinople to deck the Sultanas of the Seraglio. The pearl of Ceylon peels oft"; that of the gulf is as firm as the rock upon which it grows ; and though it loses in colour and... | |
 | James Justinian Morier - Armenia - 1816 - 454 pages
...Europe ; though, indeed, a large proportion of the whole is arrested in its progress at Constantinople to deck the sultanas of the seraglio. The pearl of...the gulph is as firm as the rock upon which it grows ; a'ld though it loses in colour and water one per cent. annually for fifty years, yet it still loses... | |
 | Frederika von Freygang, Wilhelm von Freygang - Caucasus - 1823 - 450 pages
...Europe ; though indeed a large proportion of the whole is arrested in its progress at Constantinople to deck the Sultanas of the Seraglio. The pearl of Ceylon peels off; that of the gulf is as firm as the rock upon which it grows ; and though it loses in colour and water one per cent,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1826 - 480 pages
...Europe ; though, indeed, a large proportion of the whole is arrested in its progress, at Constantinople, to deck the Sultanas of the Seraglio. The pearl of...firm as the rock upon which it grows ; and, though it loses in colour and water one per cent, annually for about fifty years, yet it still loses less than... | |
 | William Ashton Shepherd - India - 1857 - 256 pages
...Ceylon with those of the Persian Gulf, says that " The pearl of Ceylon peels off ; that of the Gulf is as firm as the rock upon which it grows, and though it loses in colour and water one per cent, annually for fifty years, yet it still loses less than that... | |
 | David Williams - English literature - 1858 - 388 pages
...The Persian pearl is considered more valuable than the Indian. The latter peels off, but the former is as firm as the rock upon which it grows; and though it loses in colour and water one per cent, annually, for about half a century, yet on the whole it loses... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1869 - 526 pages
...Morier, who visited this fishery in 1812, says : ' The pearl of Ceylon peels off; that of the gulf is as firm as the rock upon which it grows ; and though it loses in colour and water one per cent, annually for fifty years, yet it still loses less than that... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 276 pages
...Morier, who visited this fishery in 1812, says : ' The pearl of Ceylon peels off; that of the gulf is as firm as the rock upon which it grows ; and though it loses in colour and water one per cent, annually for fifty years, yet it still loses less than that... | |
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