The Chinese Repository, Band 18

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Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams
proprietors, 1849
 

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Seite 102 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Seite 503 - I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Seite 578 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Seite 578 - I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. " Thou shall have no other gods before me.
Seite 487 - ... influence has long since passed away. The more he conjectures, the more vague the results appear. The scene around is worthy of the ruin he is contemplating ; desolation meets desolation : a feeling of awe succeeds to wonder ; for there is nothing to relieve the mind, to lead to hope, or to tell of what has gone by. These huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thought and more earnest reflection, than the temples of Balbec or the theatres of Ionia.
Seite 205 - Mr. Bayle is of a quite different character from these Italian sophists : a writer, whose strength and clearness of reasoning can be equalled only by the gaiety, easiness, and delicacy of his wit; who, pervading human nature with a glance, STRUCK INTO THE PROVINCE OF PARADOX, as an exercise for the restless vigour of his mind...
Seite 18 - dewy shoots," the "money shoots," and the "rivulet garden tea." " Tea," says he, "is of a cooling nature, and, if drunk too freely, will produce exhaustion and lassitude ; country people before drinking it add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant ; cultivate it, and the benefit will be widely spread ; drink it, and the animal spirits will be lively and clear. The chief rulers, dukes, and nobility esteem it; the lower people, the poor and beggarly,...
Seite 317 - No one may leave the vetele, or use her boats for cruising or landing on the islands or on the main coast, and ought to remain on board until further advice from the Japanese government has been received. It is likewise forbidden to fire guns, or use other fire-arms on board the vessle, as well as in their boats.
Seite 378 - I improve the time to examine and sweep the grave, and visit the fir hall (the tomb). Prostrate I pray your protection to surround and assist your descendants, that they may be powerful and...
Seite 266 - Likewise, however it be accounted for, the criminal commerce of the sexes corrupts and depraves the mind and moral character more than any single species of vice whatsoever. That ready perception of guilt, that prompt and decisive resolution against it, which constitutes a virtuous character, is seldom found in persons addicted to these indulgences. They prepare an easy admission for every sia that seeks it; are...

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