Travels in China: Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country from Pekin to Canton |
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... fome of the facts are confidered , being so very different from the almoft univerfally received opinion , and fome of them from the opinion of those to whofe friendship the Author is particularly indebted for various literary communi ...
... fome of the facts are confidered , being so very different from the almoft univerfally received opinion , and fome of them from the opinion of those to whofe friendship the Author is particularly indebted for various literary communi ...
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... fome pofition , or for deducing fome general infe- rence . Thus , for inftance , the document given to the Embaf- fador of the population of China will be noticed , not however under the colour of its being an unquestionably accurate ...
... fome pofition , or for deducing fome general infe- rence . Thus , for inftance , the document given to the Embaf- fador of the population of China will be noticed , not however under the colour of its being an unquestionably accurate ...
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... fome poet , the feat of fome philofopher or lawgiver , the fcene of fome memorable action , they all infpire us with the livelieft fenfations , by reviving in the mind those pleasures which the study of their history afforded in early ...
... fome poet , the feat of fome philofopher or lawgiver , the fcene of fome memorable action , they all infpire us with the livelieft fenfations , by reviving in the mind those pleasures which the study of their history afforded in early ...
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... fome drawn in chariots over land , and others traverse , " in their ships , the immenfity of the feas . In fact , I attend * This expreffion alludes to the ancient opinion that China was furrounded by the fea , and that the rest of the ...
... fome drawn in chariots over land , and others traverse , " in their ships , the immenfity of the feas . In fact , I attend * This expreffion alludes to the ancient opinion that China was furrounded by the fea , and that the rest of the ...
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... fome of the Portugueze colonies , and an expedition for this purpose was actually fent out to fecure the peninfula of Macao , this miffionary loft no time in fuggefting to the Chinese court , that the designs of the English in getting ...
... fome of the Portugueze colonies , and an expedition for this purpose was actually fent out to fecure the peninfula of Macao , this miffionary loft no time in fuggefting to the Chinese court , that the designs of the English in getting ...
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Page 365 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 48 - Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Page 141 - To beguile the many tedious and heavy hours, that must unavoidably occur to the secluded females totally unqualified for mental pursuits, the tobacco-pipe is the usual expedient. Every female from the age of eight or nine years wears, as an appendage to her dress, a small silken purse or pocket to hold tobacco and a pipe, with the use of which many of them are not unacquainted at this tender age. Some indeed are constantly employed in working embroidery on silks, or in painting birds, insects, and...
Page 430 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 27 - ... of science, or a single art for which they have not been indebted to some more ancient and more civilized race of men.
Page 111 - ... ornamented with festoons of roses. Its splendid appearance and elevated situation determined it at once in the opinion of the majority as the Emperor's seat, but the difficulty arose as to how to appropriate the inside of the carriage. They examined the windows, blinds, and screens and at last concluded it could be for nobody but his ladies. The old eunuch came to Mr. Barrow for information, but when he learned that the fine elevated box...
Page 507 - And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
Page 362 - It is true your majesty has committed a number of errors, and it has been the painful duty of our employment to take notice of them ; a duty which further obliges us to inform posterity of the conversation which your majesty has this day, very improperly, held with us.
Page 165 - They even seemed not to know that such an accident had happened, nor could the shrieks of the boys, floating on pieces of the wreck, attract their attention. One fellow was observed very busily employed in picking up, with his boat-hook, the hat of a drowning man. It was in vain we endeavoured to prevail on the people of our vessel to heave to and send the boat to their assistance. It is true, we were then going at the rate of seven miles an hour, which was the plea they made for not stopping.
Page 128 - Emperor delivered to me yesterday for the king. " It would be an endless task were I to attempt a detail of all the wonders of this charming place. There is no beauty of distribution, no feature of amenity, no reach of fancy, which embellishes our pleasure-grounds in England, that is not to be found here.