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... specimen of the style in which Chinese works sometimes notice foreign countries , the following passage from the above history may be adduced : - " Eu- ropean navigators calculate their distances by degrees , * as G 3 CHAP . XVII . 129 ...
... specimen of the style in which Chinese works sometimes notice foreign countries , the following passage from the above history may be adduced : - " Eu- ropean navigators calculate their distances by degrees , * as G 3 CHAP . XVII . 129 ...
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... specimens of more serious works have , in the course of rather more than a century , been but scantily presented , in various European transla- tions , to the knowledge of the Western world . It was as early as 1711 that Père Noel's ...
... specimens of more serious works have , in the course of rather more than a century , been but scantily presented , in various European transla- tions , to the knowledge of the Western world . It was as early as 1711 that Père Noel's ...
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... specimens which have reached us through the medium of the missionaries are not the best adapted to convey information respecting the present state of the Chinese . Their labours are sufficiently voluminous , but their choice of subjects ...
... specimens which have reached us through the medium of the missionaries are not the best adapted to convey information respecting the present state of the Chinese . Their labours are sufficiently voluminous , but their choice of subjects ...
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... specimens of the Greek tragedy , nor do they make use of shifting scenes . ' You can never bring in a wall , ' says Snug the joiner , -so say the Chinese ; and though their contrivances are not quite so outrageously absurd as those in ...
... specimens of the Greek tragedy , nor do they make use of shifting scenes . ' You can never bring in a wall , ' says Snug the joiner , -so say the Chinese ; and though their contrivances are not quite so outrageously absurd as those in ...
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... specimen of a play was translated into French by the Jesuit Prémnare , who , although actually resident at Pe- king , and a most accomplished Chinese scholar ( as appears from his Notitia Lingua Sinica ) , did not give more than the ...
... specimen of a play was translated into French by the Jesuit Prémnare , who , although actually resident at Pe- king , and a most accomplished Chinese scholar ( as appears from his Notitia Lingua Sinica ) , did not give more than the ...
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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.