Ceylon's

What though the spicy breezes blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;

Michael Ruse: Is My Religion Better than Your Religion? Michael Ruse 2010

What though the spicy breezes blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;

Michael Ruse: Is My Religion Better than Your Religion? Michael Ruse 2010

In 1863, Bizet didn't know that, as in modern-day Sri Lanka, Ceylon's population was mainly Buddhist, with a Tamil Hindu minority.

'Pearl Fishers' Offers Great Performances, Grand Imagery 2010

"Better just throw it out, I suppose," she thought critically, but nonetheless, after further strategic considerations, she stuck her needle decisively in at Ceylon's southern coast.

The War with the Newts 2006

An agreement, concluded in Colombo, provided for Ceylon's payment of $50 million to Britain over a five-year period for British bases in Ceylon.

1957, June 7 2001

Anawrata initiated communication and exchanges with Vijayabahu I, Ceylon's ruler (1055–1110), including the sharing of Pali Buddhist texts and monks.

2. Burma (Pagan) 2001

-- Just at our breakfast hour we sighted that oriental fairy garden, Ceylon's isle; and though we must be from fifteen to twenty miles off, a curiously-constructed native vessel, with perhaps

In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith

The railway ride there confirmed our first impression of Ceylon's fine growth of trees and shrubs, the road leading first through lowlands with endless cocoanut and other palms; while of all the blossom-laden trees the gold mohr, with its wealth of scarlet blossoms, surpasses every other.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

One leaves Buitenzorg for Garoet as the first streak of dawn appears; as we sped along, we realized more and more what tropical vegetation and abundant rain could produce, for the vivid greens and dewy freshness of the foliage surpassed even Ceylon's landscape, which in its turn had surpassed anything before seen, even our own South and Southern California not excepted; Java is indeed the garden of the world!

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

I don't know that it will compare with the mighty growth of Ceylon's forests, or with the variety and richness of its forms; but for mellowness of tint and harmonious blending of soft foliage, Singapore's park-like views seem to me, as yet, unrivalled.

In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith