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... character of the Shy- king on the score of poetical merit , it is at least curious as having been compiled more than twenty centuries prior to our time , and some portion of it composed at a still earlier period . * 2. The Shoo - king ...
... character of the Shy- king on the score of poetical merit , it is at least curious as having been compiled more than twenty centuries prior to our time , and some portion of it composed at a still earlier period . * 2. The Shoo - king ...
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... characters , and reconcile their differences . Hence it has been the constant endeavour of Chinese moralists and rulers to stifle everything like passion in its birth , and to reduce all to a tranquil dead level . The ceremonial usages ...
... characters , and reconcile their differences . Hence it has been the constant endeavour of Chinese moralists and rulers to stifle everything like passion in its birth , and to reduce all to a tranquil dead level . The ceremonial usages ...
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... character of the people in a somewhat pre- * The supreme ruler . Keying , in his correspondence , frequently appealed to this power in proof of his sincerity . judiced light ; and the commercial adventurers from Eu- rope CHAP . XIV . 35 ...
... character of the people in a somewhat pre- * The supreme ruler . Keying , in his correspondence , frequently appealed to this power in proof of his sincerity . judiced light ; and the commercial adventurers from Eu- rope CHAP . XIV . 35 ...
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... . " The mother of the god is said to have dreamed that she had swallowed an elephant , whence the venera- * The Hindoos , vol . i . p . 175 . tion for elephants in Siam and Pegu . Budha's character CHAP . XV . 39 BUDHISTS .
... . " The mother of the god is said to have dreamed that she had swallowed an elephant , whence the venera- * The Hindoos , vol . i . p . 175 . tion for elephants in Siam and Pegu . Budha's character CHAP . XV . 39 BUDHISTS .
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... character as a reformer is indicated by the Chinese legend , that he aimed at instructing men " to amend their conduct and practise virtue . " The five principal precepts , or rather interdicts , of Budhism must be understood as being ...
... character as a reformer is indicated by the Chinese legend , that he aimed at instructing men " to amend their conduct and practise virtue . " The five principal precepts , or rather interdicts , of Budhism must be understood as being ...
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ancient animal appears bamboo black tea book of Mencius Budha Budhist called Canton Canton province Canton river characters China Chinese colour commencement Confucius considerable consists cultivation dynasty earth embassy emperor empire Europe European Fcap Fokien George Staunton grain granite green teas ground heaven Hong merchants hundred India Jesuits Kâng-hy kind Klaproth labour lady land language letters Lord Lord Macartney Macao Manchow manufacture ment metal Mongol native nature nearly notice object observed obtained occasion opium original paper Peking person philosopher plants Plates porcelain portion possession Post 8vo Poyang lake present priests principal produce province quantity remarkable resemblance rice river Romish says Second Edition sect seems shape ships side silk silver sometimes species specimens Staunton supposed taëls Tartar temple tion tomb trade translation trees vessel Vols whole Woodcuts words young Yun-nân
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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.