The Chinese, Bände 1-2C. Cox, 1851 |
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... According to him , the Chinese considered the rest of the world as blind , or seeing with only one eye ; while themselves alone were blessed with a perfect vision . John de Corvino , despatched to Asia in 1288 by Pope Nicholas IV ...
... According to him , the Chinese considered the rest of the world as blind , or seeing with only one eye ; while themselves alone were blessed with a perfect vision . John de Corvino , despatched to Asia in 1288 by Pope Nicholas IV ...
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... According to the Chinese books , commerce , on its first establishment at Canton , remained free from du- ties for many years , but its increasing importance soon led the officers of government to convert it into a source of gain . As ...
... According to the Chinese books , commerce , on its first establishment at Canton , remained free from du- ties for many years , but its increasing importance soon led the officers of government to convert it into a source of gain . As ...
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... According to a return made by Père Marchini , procurator of the Propaganda mis- sion at Macao , the actual number of European priests in China , in 1810 , was twenty - nine , with about 200,000 native Christians . Since that date the ...
... According to a return made by Père Marchini , procurator of the Propaganda mis- sion at Macao , the actual number of European priests in China , in 1810 , was twenty - nine , with about 200,000 native Christians . Since that date the ...
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... according to that , we think it has been shown to be a losing speculation to kiss the dust before the Chinese emperor . The performance of the prostra- tion by its ambassador places a country on a level with Loo - choo , and those ...
... according to that , we think it has been shown to be a losing speculation to kiss the dust before the Chinese emperor . The performance of the prostra- tion by its ambassador places a country on a level with Loo - choo , and those ...
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... ( according to custom ) a particular designation , and the one se- lected by him signified " happiness , or prosperity , complete ; " but this was rather premature , for , before he could begin trad- ing , all his capital was expended in ...
... ( according to custom ) a particular designation , and the one se- lected by him signified " happiness , or prosperity , complete ; " but this was rather premature , for , before he could begin trad- ing , all his capital was expended in ...
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according ancient appear arrival authority boats called Canton carried ceremony character chief China Chinese common conduct considerable considered consists contains course court death dynasty effect embassy emperor empire English equal established European existence extremely fact force foreign forms four give given hand head heaven Hong hundred immediately imperial king language length less letter Lord Macao mandarins manner means measure ment merchants native nature nearly never notice object observed occasion officers once original passed Peking perform perhaps period persons portion possess present priests principal proceeded proved province punished rank reached reason received relations remained remarkable respect river seems seen sent serve ships side sometimes soon success taken Tartar temple tion trade wall whole
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Seite 256 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Seite 9 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Seite 255 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Seite 203 - And really it is an honour, and almost a singular one to our English laws, that they furnish a title of this sort ; since preventive justice is, upon every principle of reason, of humanity* and of sound policy, preferable in all respects to punishing justice...
Seite 223 - ... in which they are expressed. There is nothing here of the monstrous verbiage of most other Asiatic productions ; none of the superstitious deliration, the miserable incoherence, the tremendous...
Seite 255 - Now you shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of a shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.
Seite 240 - The barber learns his art on the orphan's face;" the Chinese, " In a field of melons do not pull up your shoe; under a plum-tree do not adjust your cap...
Seite 12 - These matters are all so well understood by those who are bred up to them, that they occasion no embarrassment whatever to the Chinese. The ordinary salutation among equals is to join the closed hands, and lift them two or three times towards the head, saying, Haou — tsing, tsing ; that is, " Are you well ? — Hail, hail '" Hence is derived, we believe, the Canton jargon of chin-chin.
Seite 32 - Portngalls had in all that time, since the return of the pinnace, so beslandered them to the Chinese, reporting them to be rogues, thieves, beggars, and what not, that they became very jealous of the good meaning of the English...
Seite 141 - And those who think still govern those who toil." The commentary appended to the foregoing in the Chinese work proceeds to add, — "The mutual benefit derived by these different classes from each other's exertions resembles the advantage that results to the farmer and mechanic from the exchange of their respective produce. Hence it is proved that the exemption of some from manual labour is beneficial to the whole community." It appears from the book of Mencius...