An Historical, Geographical, and Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire: Comprehending a Description of the Fifteen Provinces of China, Chinese Tartary, Tributary States; Natural History of China; Government, Religion, Laws, Manners and Customs, Literature, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, &cJ. Ridgeway, 1795 - 549 Seiten |
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Seite 255 - When carried over fteep rocks, where no horfe can pafs, it is about fifteen or twenty feet high, and broad in proportion; but, when running through a valley, or...
Seite 317 - ... cessation of all desires and bodily motion, in the annihilation and suspension of all the faculties both of body and soul, that all virtue and happiness consist.
Seite 245 - ... water. At a certain time of the year, a prodigious number of barks may be feen in the great river Tang-tfe-kiang, which go thither to purchafe the fpawn of thefe filh.
Seite 11 - It was placed on a large bier, and had a great number of men to fupport it, who advanced with a flow and folemn ftep.
Seite 408 - This is formed by cutting off the neck of a gourd, and reierving only the lower part. To this a cover is fitted, having as many holes as are equal to the number of founds required. In each of thefe holes a pipe made of bamboo is fixed, and fhorter or longer according to the tone intended.
Seite 255 - This wall was begun and completely finifhed " in the fhort fpace of five years ; and it is reported, the " labourers ftood fo clofe for many miles, that they could " hand the materials from one to another. This I am the " more inclined to believe, as the rugged rocks among " which it is built muft have prevented all ufe of carriages ; " and neither clay for making bricks, nor any kind of . " cement, could be found among them.
Seite 13 - Having loft a vaft number of men, and being himfelf wounded by an arrow, he was obliged to raife the fiege and retire into Tartary ; after which the Kin retook feveral cities. The next year, however, Jenghiz-khan reentered China, retook the cities which the Kin had reduced the year before, and overthrew their armies in two bloody battles, in one of which the ground was ftrewed with dead bodies for upwards of four leagues. The...
Seite 277 - Chiiiefe merchandize was procured by fome Ruffian merchants from the Kalmuck Tartars. The rapid and profitable fale of thefe commodities encouraged certain Siberian Wayvodes to attempt a direct and open communication with China. For this purpofe...
Seite 74 - Emouy is particularly celebrated on account of the magnificence of its principal pagod, confecrated to the deity Fo. This temple is fituated in a plain, terminated on one fide by the fea, and on the other by a lofty mountain. Before it the fea, flowing through different channels, forms a large fheet of water,.
Seite 16 - At laft the emperor ordered his generals, Hota, Ilapua, and others, to march againft the enemy. Toley boldly attacked them, but. was obliged to retire, which he did in good order.' Hota was for purfuing him, faying that the Mogul army did not exceed 30,000 men, and that they feemed not to have eaten any thing for two or three days. Ilapua, however, was of opinion that there was no occafion for being fo halty, as the Moguls were inclofed between the rivers Han and Wang-ho, fo that Ihey could not eicape.