The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the ... Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants ...Wiley & Putnam, 1848 - 614 sivua |
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... taste or their splendor . Whether it was owing to the absence of the beautiful and majestic models seen in western countries , or to an entire ignorance of the mechanical principles of the art , the fact is not the less observable , and ...
... taste or their splendor . Whether it was owing to the absence of the beautiful and majestic models seen in western countries , or to an entire ignorance of the mechanical principles of the art , the fact is not the less observable , and ...
Sivu 9
... taste . De Guignes describes their art of gardening as " imitating the beauties and producing the inequalities of nature . Instead of alleys planted symmetrically or uniform grounds , there are winding footpaths , trees here and there ...
... taste . De Guignes describes their art of gardening as " imitating the beauties and producing the inequalities of nature . Instead of alleys planted symmetrically or uniform grounds , there are winding footpaths , trees here and there ...
Sivu 28
... taste displayed in the symmetry and carving upon some of them are creditable , but as the man in whose honor it is erected , is , generally speaking , " the architect of his own fame , " he prudently considers the worth of that ...
... taste displayed in the symmetry and carving upon some of them are creditable , but as the man in whose honor it is erected , is , generally speaking , " the architect of his own fame , " he prudently considers the worth of that ...
Sivu 38
... taste by well bred persons ; pedantic scholars wear them more than other professions , perhaps in order to show that they are above manual labor . The practice of compressing the feet , so far as investigation has gone , is more an ...
... taste by well bred persons ; pedantic scholars wear them more than other professions , perhaps in order to show that they are above manual labor . The practice of compressing the feet , so far as investigation has gone , is more an ...
Sivu 43
... taste of the maker or purchaser . Another still more common condiment made from beans , is called bean curd or bean jam , by boiling and grinding them , and mixing the flour with water , gypsum , and the juice of yellow seeds ...
... taste of the maker or purchaser . Another still more common condiment made from beans , is called bean curd or bean jam , by boiling and grinding them , and mixing the flour with water , gypsum , and the juice of yellow seeds ...
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