 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 422 sivua
...justice towards them. The able critique on the code, which we have already quoted, proceeds to say, " When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
 | Nathan Dunn, William B. Langdon - 1842 - 212 sivua
...distinct series of enactments, savouring throughout of practical judgment and European good sense. When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese code, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
 | Joseph Sturge - 1842 - 360 sivua
...distinct series of enactments, savouring throughout of practical judgment and European good sense. When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
 | Nathan Dunn, William B. Langdon - 1842 - 338 sivua
...distinct, series of enactments, savouring throughout of practical judgment and European good sense. When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese code, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
 | William B. Langdon, Nathan Dunn - 1843 - 176 sivua
...distinct series of enactments, savouring throughout of practical judgment and European good sense. When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese code, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1851 - 582 sivua
...justice towards them. The able critique on the code, which we have already quoted, proceeds to say, " When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
 | sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1851 - 584 sivua
...Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light— from the drivellings of dotage to the exercise of an It has been reasonably proposed by Sir George Staunton to estimate the Chinese legislation by its results,... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - 1854 - 874 sivua
...Edinburgh Review, speaking of Sir George Stanton's translation of the Chinese Code of Law, says, " When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta or...collection, it is like passing from darkness to light, and from the drivelings of dotage to the exercise of an improved understanding ; and redundant and... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - 1855 - 900 sivua
...of the Chuvtt Cofle of Law, says, " When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta or the Pnranas. to the tone of sense and business in this Chinese...collection, it is like passing from darkness to light, and from the drivelings of dotage to the exercise of an improved understanding : and redundant and... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1857 - 506 sivua
...justice towards them. The able critique on the code, which we have already quoted, proceeds to say, '" When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings... | |
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When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings of dotage to the exercise of an improved understanding... 
