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... first Pro of the Ceremonial Academy at Pekin, in China. - IN reading the
newspapers here, I have reckoned up not less than twenty-five great men,
seventeen very great men, and nine very extraordinary men, in less than the
compass of half ...
... first Pro of the Ceremonial Academy at Pekin, in China. - IN reading the
newspapers here, I have reckoned up not less than twenty-five great men,
seventeen very great men, and nine very extraordinary men, in less than the
compass of half ...
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The Europeans have heard much of the kingdom of China: its politeness, arts,
commerce, laws, and morals are however but very imperfectly known among
them. They have even now in their Indian warehouse numberless utensils, plants
, ...
The Europeans have heard much of the kingdom of China: its politeness, arts,
commerce, laws, and morals are however but very imperfectly known among
them. They have even now in their Indian warehouse numberless utensils, plants
, ...
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One, for example, confidently assures us, that China was peopled by a colony
from Egypt. Sesostris, he observes, led his army as far as the Ganges; therefore,
if he went so far, he might still have gone as far as China, which is but about a ...
One, for example, confidently assures us, that China was peopled by a colony
from Egypt. Sesostris, he observes, led his army as far as the Ganges; therefore,
if he went so far, he might still have gone as far as China, which is but about a ...
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A'rom Lien Chi .4/tangi, to Fum Hoam, first President of the Ceremonial ofcademy
at Pekin, in China. THE manner of grieving for our departed friends in China, is
very different from that of Europe. The mourning colour of Europe is black; that of
...
A'rom Lien Chi .4/tangi, to Fum Hoam, first President of the Ceremonial ofcademy
at Pekin, in China. THE manner of grieving for our departed friends in China, is
very different from that of Europe. The mourning colour of Europe is black; that of
...
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I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws, and bird's nests. I am for sauce strong
with assafoetida, or fuming with garlic. For this reason there are a hundred very
wise, learned, virtuous, well-intended productions that have no charms for me.
Thus ...
I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws, and bird's nests. I am for sauce strong
with assafoetida, or fuming with garlic. For this reason there are a hundred very
wise, learned, virtuous, well-intended productions that have no charms for me.
Thus ...
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