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... government , ever jealous of our maritime and commer- cial superiority , beheld with some envy and displeasure . The ingenious and tasteful manufactures of France might , it was thought , find a market in Persia , as well as the more ...
... government , ever jealous of our maritime and commer- cial superiority , beheld with some envy and displeasure . The ingenious and tasteful manufactures of France might , it was thought , find a market in Persia , as well as the more ...
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... government , espe- cially , we have been taught to regard Asia as essentialy despotic , and the centralised government of China as synonymous with the most grinding oppression . But the fact is not so ; and however the opinions of most ...
... government , espe- cially , we have been taught to regard Asia as essentialy despotic , and the centralised government of China as synonymous with the most grinding oppression . But the fact is not so ; and however the opinions of most ...
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... government , espe- cially , we have been taught to regard Asia as essentialy despotic , and the centralised government of China as synonymous with the most grinding oppression . But the fact is not so ; and however the opinions of most ...
... government , espe- cially , we have been taught to regard Asia as essentialy despotic , and the centralised government of China as synonymous with the most grinding oppression . But the fact is not so ; and however the opinions of most ...
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... government has continued in the hands of the Mantehoos . Our limits do not permit us to do more than trace the bare outlines of the history of China ; but an adequate survey of it would amply refute the common but preposterous notion ...
... government has continued in the hands of the Mantehoos . Our limits do not permit us to do more than trace the bare outlines of the history of China ; but an adequate survey of it would amply refute the common but preposterous notion ...
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... government . There is an engaging simplicity in the Chinese theory of government . Still adhering to the patriarchal principle ( which has so long ago given way to the feudal , mo- narchical , or republican in other quar- ters ) , they ...
... government . There is an engaging simplicity in the Chinese theory of government . Still adhering to the patriarchal principle ( which has so long ago given way to the feudal , mo- narchical , or republican in other quar- ters ) , they ...
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