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 239 - 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 389 - 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 241 - 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 226 - ... 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 178 - It is called hoa becaufe it is glutinous, and has a great refemblance to foap. Porcelain made with hoa-che is very rare, and much dearer than any other. It has an exceeding fine grain, and, with regard to the painting, if it be compared with that of the common porcelain, it appears ta fin-pals it aa much as vellum does paper.
Seite 11 - Chinefe monarch complied: but, on his return, the terms agreed on feemed fo intolerable to his minifters, that they told him the treaty could not fubfift, and that the moft cruel war was preferable to fuch an ignominious peace. The Kin monarch, being informed of all that pafled, had recourfe to arms, and took feveral cities. Whey-tfong was weak enough to go in perfon to hold a fecond conference ; but, on his arrival, was immediately feized by the Tartar. He was kept prifoner under a ftrong guard...
Seite 200 - The teafhrubs that grow on this mountain are planted in regular order, and are divided by different avenues and alleys. The care of this place is...
Seite 342 - ... whofe thoughts have *' been directed to meliorate the condition of thofe " men; and not like our Weft India planters , or "merchants, who, for the love of gain, would " prolong the mifery of fo large a portion of his "fellow-creatures as the African flaves. But God " cannot approve of fuch a practice.
Seite 168 - Chinefe have conftructed a double glacis of large ftones, or rather, two inclined planes, which unite in an acute angle at their upper extremity, and extend on each fide to the furface of the water. If the bark is in the lower canal, they...
Seite 13 - Having loft a vaft number of men, and being himfelf wounded by an arrow, he \vas 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...