 The looks, words and even the movements of the body are all regulated by the strictest forms. When the King is seated in public his sons, ministers and courtiers stand erect, with their hands crossed and in the exact place belonging to their rank. They...  An historical and descriptive account of Persia - Pagina 394door James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 345 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Malcolm - 1829 - 636 pagina’s
...paid to ceremony. Looks, words, the motions of the body, are all regulated by the strictest forms. When the king is seated in public, his sons, ministers, and courtiers, stand erect, with their hands crossed, and in the exact place belonging to their rank. They watch his looks, and... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 374 pagina’s
...the attention which is exacted, by their envoys. If an ambassador assume great dignity, the nation be represents is believed to be wealthy and powerful....ministers, and courtiers stand erect in their appointed place's, — -their hands crossed upon their girdles,— watching the looks of the sovereign, whose... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1834 - 380 pagina’s
...any meditated encroachment, or contests a point of form at his reception, rather th&n by the firnmess with which he conducts a difficult negotiation, or...the most minute study and attention. When the king u seated in public, his sons, ministers, and courtiers stand erect in their appointed places,—their... | |
 | James W. Redfield - 1852 - 348 pagina’s
...royal representative are measured by the obstinacy with which he resists any meditated encroachments, or contests a point of form at his reception, rather...subject of the most minute study and attention. When the shah is seated in public, his sons, ministers, and courtiers, stand erect in their appointed places,... | |
 | Casimir Stanislas Arpentigny - 1886 - 480 pagina’s
...xxiii., p. 399), says, "Looks, words, the motions of the body, are all regulated by the strictest forms. When the king is seated in public, his sons, ministers, and courtiers stand erect .with their hands crossed." The custom is not mentioned by Brechillet Jourdain ["La Perse" (Paris:... | |
 | Isaac Adams - 1906 - 550 pagina’s
...ceremony. The looks, words, and even the movements of the body are well regulated by the strictest forms. When the king is seated in public his sons, ministers, and courtiers, stand erect with their hands crossed and in the exact place belonging to their rank. They watch his looks and a... | |
 | Samuel Kasha Nweeya - 1913 - 508 pagina’s
...ceremony. The looks, words and even the movements of the body are all regulated by the strictest forms. When the King is seated in public his sons, ministers and courtiers stand erect, with their hands crossed and in the exact place belonging to their rank. They watch his looks and a... | |
 | Samuel Kasha Nweeya - 1913 - 504 pagina’s
...ceremony. The looks, words and even the movements of the body are all regulated by the strictest forms. When the King is seated in public his sons, ministers and courtiers stand erect, with their hands crossed and in the exact place belonging to their rank. They watch his looks and a... | |
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