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Pagina 23
... nation - flourishing the heavenly dy . nasty , A thousand regions sent tribute - ten thousand nations did homage ; But the Tartars obtained it by fraud - and this grudge can never be assuaged . Enlist soldiers , procure horses - display ...
... nation - flourishing the heavenly dy . nasty , A thousand regions sent tribute - ten thousand nations did homage ; But the Tartars obtained it by fraud - and this grudge can never be assuaged . Enlist soldiers , procure horses - display ...
Pagina 27
... nation worship Heaven alone , nor is there any other being or thing to which they pay divine honours . The rich ( it is said ) are liberal to the poor , and all persons from other parts of the country are received as friends , alluding ...
... nation worship Heaven alone , nor is there any other being or thing to which they pay divine honours . The rich ( it is said ) are liberal to the poor , and all persons from other parts of the country are received as friends , alluding ...
Pagina 30
... nations are shut up together , for the prosecution of their trading business at Canton , does not exceed between seven and eight hundred feet . Each front , of which there are about thirteen , extends backward about a hundred and thirty ...
... nations are shut up together , for the prosecution of their trading business at Canton , does not exceed between seven and eight hundred feet . Each front , of which there are about thirteen , extends backward about a hundred and thirty ...
Pagina 35
... nations , place the lowest classes of so- ciety on a level with the most savage beasts . " Mon- sieur Laplace is quite right ; the lower classes of the Chinese people are better educated , or at least bet- ter trained , than in most ...
... nations , place the lowest classes of so- ciety on a level with the most savage beasts . " Mon- sieur Laplace is quite right ; the lower classes of the Chinese people are better educated , or at least bet- ter trained , than in most ...
Pagina 50
... nation or empire , and he lays at the bottom of his system , not the visionary notions ( which have no existence in nature ) of independence and equality , but principles of dependence and subordination - as of children to parents , the ...
... nation or empire , and he lays at the bottom of his system , not the visionary notions ( which have no existence in nature ) of independence and equality , but principles of dependence and subordination - as of children to parents , the ...
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The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its ..., Volumul 2 John Francis Davis Vizualizare completă - 1864 |
The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its ..., Volumul 2 John F. Davis Vizualizare completă - 1836 |
The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its ..., Volumul 2 Sir John Francis Davis Vizualizare completă - 1858 |
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