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" At length the bad part of his character is cruelly displayed : he intoxicates himself with opium and the madness of revenge, he rushes upon his unguarded master with his kris or crooked Malay dagger, and stabs him once, twice, ten times. The unfortunate... "
Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope: To which is Subjoined, A ... - Page 48
by Robert Semple - 1805 - 198 pages
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The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 2

Books - 1804 - 994 pages
...given the blow, but the Malay never. At length the bad part of his character is cruelly dii-piaytrd : he intoxicates himself with opium and the madness...upon his unguarded master with his kris or crooked It would be unjust to the author to Malay dagger, and stabs him once, twice, ten make large extracts...
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Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750–1870: A Tragedy of Manners

Robert Ross - History - 1999 - 223 pages
...master, so Semple believed, the Malay would hoard up the insult in his heart until it burst out. Then he intoxicates himself with opium and the madness...children are not safe, if they cross his way, he sallies into the street, and running madly along, sacrifices all that he meets, till overpowered by numbers...
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