The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the ... Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants ...Wiley & Putnam, 1848 |
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Sivu 1
... observation is true of other things than architecture , and of other nations than the Chinese , and this confusion of terms and meanings proves a fruitful source of error in regard to an accurate knowledge of foreign nations , and a ...
... observation is true of other things than architecture , and of other nations than the Chinese , and this confusion of terms and meanings proves a fruitful source of error in regard to an accurate knowledge of foreign nations , and a ...
Sivu 28
... observation , since there is no other evidence of science than what the erection of lines of massive stone wall displays . The port- holes are too large for protection , and the parapet too slight to resist European cannonading , but ...
... observation , since there is no other evidence of science than what the erection of lines of massive stone wall displays . The port- holes are too large for protection , and the parapet too slight to resist European cannonading , but ...
Sivu 52
... observations of a foreigner upon Chinese society are likely to be modified not a little by his own feelings , and the way in which he has been treated by them ; and their behavior to him might be very unlike what would be deemed good ...
... observations of a foreigner upon Chinese society are likely to be modified not a little by his own feelings , and the way in which he has been treated by them ; and their behavior to him might be very unlike what would be deemed good ...
Sivu 56
... observed in some regions which are quite unknown and appear very singular elsewhere . In Fuhkien , when the lucky day for the wedding comes , the guests assemble in the bridegroom's house to celebrate it , where also sedans , a band of ...
... observed in some regions which are quite unknown and appear very singular elsewhere . In Fuhkien , when the lucky day for the wedding comes , the guests assemble in the bridegroom's house to celebrate it , where also sedans , a band of ...
Sivu 68
... observe the precise etiquette for which they are famous . The proper mode of behavior to- wards all classes is perhaps more carefully inculcated upon youth than it is in the west , and habit renders easy what custom requires to be observed ...
... observe the precise etiquette for which they are famous . The proper mode of behavior to- wards all classes is perhaps more carefully inculcated upon youth than it is in the west , and habit renders easy what custom requires to be observed ...
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ambassy Amoy arrived authorities Batavia better boats British brought Budhist called Canton Captain Elliot carried ceremonies character chiefly China Chinese government Chinese Repository Chinkiang Christian coast Cochinchina color commenced common conduct Confucius countrymen court death dynasty emperor emperor of China empire endeavored England English exhibited exportation favor feet fire force foreigners Fuhkien governor heaven hong-merchants Hongkong imperial India intercourse Jesuits Kíying Koxinga labors land laws learned Lord Lord Napier Macao Malacca Manchus ment merchants mission missionaries mode monarch Mongols Morrison nations native Ningpo officers opium trade party Peking persons ports Portuguese present priests provinces received regard reign religion returned river rulers sent Shanghai ships silk Singapore society soon streets subjects supposed taken Tang dynasty taste temples tion treaty treaty of Nanking troops vessels Whampoa whole worship
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Sivu 224 - Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you...
Sivu 245 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Sivu 539 - Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana...
Sivu 539 - Our minister, Caleb Cushing, is authorized to make a treaty to regulate trade. Let it be just. Let there be no unfair advantage on either side.
Sivu 85 - Hardly prepared for this blow to my established notions, I requested he would discourse of their philosophy. He reopened the volume, and read with becoming gravity, ' The most learned men are decidedly of opinion that the seat of the human understanding is the stomach.'* I seized the volume in despair, and rushed from the apartment.
Sivu 540 - Pekin, and there deliver it ; and that your great officers will, by your order, make a treaty with him to regulate affairs of trade, so that nothing may happen to disturb the peace between China and America. Let the treaty be signed by your own imperial hand. It shall be signed by mine, by the authority of our great council, the Senate. And so may your health be good, and may peace reign.
Sivu 88 - With a general regard for outward decency, they are vile and polluted in a shocking degree, their conversation is full of filthy expressions, and their lives of impure acts.
Sivu 445 - The barbarians are like beasts, and not to be ruled on the same principles as citizens. Were any one to attempt controlling them by the great maxims of reason, it would tend to nothing but confusion. The ancient kings well understood this, and accordingly ruled barbarians by misrule. Therefore, to rule barbarians by misrule is the true and the best way of ruling them.
Sivu 540 - Fu-chow, and all such other places as may offer profitable exchanges both to China and the United States, provided they do not break your laws nor our laws. We shall not take the part of evil-doers. We shall not uphold them that break your laws. Therefore, we doubt not that you will be pleased...
Sivu 507 - Emperor he described how he had braved the hottest of the fight " on the battle-field, where cannon balls innumerable, flying in awful confusion through the expanse of Heaven, fell before, behind, and on either side of him, while in the distance he saw the ships of the rebels, standing erect, lofty as the mountains. The fierce daring of the rebels was inconceivable. Officers and men fell at their posts. Every effort to resist and check the...