The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the ... Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants ...Wiley & Putnam, 1848 - 614 sivua |
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... tion of an ellipse , or even like the Greek 2 , the space being widest at the top . In some , the arches are comparatively very high , for the accommodation of the masts of boats ; and where there are no heavy wains or carriages to ...
... tion of an ellipse , or even like the Greek 2 , the space being widest at the top . In some , the arches are comparatively very high , for the accommodation of the masts of boats ; and where there are no heavy wains or carriages to ...
Sivu 26
... tion has shown it to be built in an inferior manner . Some of the mountain streams and passes in the west and north are crossed by rope bridges of ingenious construction . Mr. Lowrie describes a bridge at Changchau fu near Amoy , which ...
... tion has shown it to be built in an inferior manner . Some of the mountain streams and passes in the west and north are crossed by rope bridges of ingenious construction . Mr. Lowrie describes a bridge at Changchau fu near Amoy , which ...
Sivu 40
... tion is indeed found among the higher classes , and , in the vicinity of Canton , the unfashionables form perhaps half of the whole ; for those who dwell in boats , and all who in early life may have lived on the water , all those ...
... tion is indeed found among the higher classes , and , in the vicinity of Canton , the unfashionables form perhaps half of the whole ; for those who dwell in boats , and all who in early life may have lived on the water , all those ...
Sivu 61
... tion by comparing the wife to the moon and the concubines to the stars , both of which in their appropriate spheres wait upon and revolve around the sun . If regard be had to the civilization of the Chinese , and their opportunities for ...
... tion by comparing the wife to the moon and the concubines to the stars , both of which in their appropriate spheres wait upon and revolve around the sun . If regard be had to the civilization of the Chinese , and their opportunities for ...
Sivu 64
... tion of the families in the interval of betrothment and mar- riage unsuitably change , or the lad grows up to be a dissipated , worthless , or cruel man , totally unworthy of the girl ; still the contract must be fulfilled , and the ...
... tion of the families in the interval of betrothment and mar- riage unsuitably change , or the lad grows up to be a dissipated , worthless , or cruel man , totally unworthy of the girl ; still the contract must be fulfilled , and the ...
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