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... extremely obscure , and sometimes almost unintelligible . The work serves generally to expound the ideas of the Chinese respecting the nature of human virtue . They commonly divide mankind into three great classes : -1 . The Shing ...
... extremely obscure , and sometimes almost unintelligible . The work serves generally to expound the ideas of the Chinese respecting the nature of human virtue . They commonly divide mankind into three great classes : -1 . The Shing ...
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... extremely jealous of any inti- mate connexion arising between their Chinese subjects and foreigners ; and this lies at the bottom of their rigid system of exclusion . It was prior to the Tartar conquest that Europeans had access to ...
... extremely jealous of any inti- mate connexion arising between their Chinese subjects and foreigners ; and this lies at the bottom of their rigid system of exclusion . It was prior to the Tartar conquest that Europeans had access to ...
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... very ancient theory of creation , and of the changes that are perpetually occurring in nature , whence the name of the work . The system may doubtless be extremely ancient in its origin , but little CHAP . XIV . 23 FIVE CANONICAL WORKS .
... very ancient theory of creation , and of the changes that are perpetually occurring in nature , whence the name of the work . The system may doubtless be extremely ancient in its origin , but little CHAP . XIV . 23 FIVE CANONICAL WORKS .
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sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) doubtless be extremely ancient in its origin , but little can be gathered from the Ye - king , the most oracular of per- formances ; and this philosophy has been greatly added to in later times by the ...
sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) doubtless be extremely ancient in its origin , but little can be gathered from the Ye - king , the most oracular of per- formances ; and this philosophy has been greatly added to in later times by the ...
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... extremely ignorant . Beyond the stated and occasional lessons of their Liturgy , which they have learned to repeat by rote , they have very little knowledge of books , and many of them cannot read . As a sect , how- ever , they profess ...
... extremely ignorant . Beyond the stated and occasional lessons of their Liturgy , which they have learned to repeat by rote , they have very little knowledge of books , and many of them cannot read . As a sect , how- ever , they profess ...
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Seite 9 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel ; or, Last Days of a Philosopher. Fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEOROE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria ; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Seite 142 - O pardon ! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million, And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Seite 19 - JESSE'S (EDWARD) Visits to Spots of Interest in the Vicinity of Windsor and Eton.
Seite 22 - LIDDELL'S (DEAN) History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Seite 142 - 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 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 24 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 12 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Seite 12 - FORSYTH'S (WILLIAM) Hortensius, or the Advocate : an Historical Essay on the Office and Duties of an Advocate. Post Svo.
Seite 141 - 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.