"Ten Thousand Chinese Things.": A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, London, with Condensed Accounts of the Genius, Government, History, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trade, Manners, Customs and Social Life of the People of the Celestial Empireproprietor, 1842 - 163 頁 |
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第 viii 頁
... competent authority . At Philadelphia , the collection was visited by hundreds of thousands , and in every instance , it is believed , with entire satisfaction . Many persons passed hours , nay , whole days in viii INTRODUCTION .
... competent authority . At Philadelphia , the collection was visited by hundreds of thousands , and in every instance , it is believed , with entire satisfaction . Many persons passed hours , nay , whole days in viii INTRODUCTION .
第 ix 頁
... persons passed hours , nay , whole days in the room , and those who visited the collection most frequently , seemed more delighted with every new return . The proprietor has been induced to transport it to Eng- land , at the suggestion ...
... persons passed hours , nay , whole days in the room , and those who visited the collection most frequently , seemed more delighted with every new return . The proprietor has been induced to transport it to Eng- land , at the suggestion ...
第 8 頁
... person of Buddha , who now reigns over the world ; and at the left hand , We - lae - Fuh , whose reign is not yet ... persons ; being sometimes male and sometimes female . The principal religion of China is Buddhism or Boodhism , which ...
... person of Buddha , who now reigns over the world ; and at the left hand , We - lae - Fuh , whose reign is not yet ... persons ; being sometimes male and sometimes female . The principal religion of China is Buddhism or Boodhism , which ...
第 11 頁
... persons who obtain a knowledge of things past , present , and to come , have the power of rendering themselves invisible , and are ABSORBED into the Deity . Those who perform works of merit become great among men , and are received into ...
... persons who obtain a knowledge of things past , present , and to come , have the power of rendering themselves invisible , and are ABSORBED into the Deity . Those who perform works of merit become great among men , and are received into ...
第 12 頁
... persons whose names are inscribed , admitted to happiness or consigned to punishment , accord- ing to the merits of their respective accounts current . * These beads are also an ornament , used by the reigning family , and by the ...
... persons whose names are inscribed , admitted to happiness or consigned to punishment , accord- ing to the merits of their respective accounts current . * These beads are also an ornament , used by the reigning family , and by the ...
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afford Ancient porcelain appearance bamboo basket beautiful beautifully painted birds black tea boats bronze Buddha called Canton province Canton river carved China Chinese colour Common Quail Confucius contain copper costume covered cups curious Ditto dress embroidered emperor empire esteemed European feet female figures flower pots flower vase foreign fruit Gallinule gentleman's George Staunton grotesque hand hard wood Honan Hong merchant idols imperial incense vessel inscribed ivory kind labour lacquered box lacquered ware ladies lanterns leaf Macao mandarins manufacture marble matchlock maxims ments metallic Model moon Nankin officers Ornamental stand pagoda painted and gilt pair of beautifully Pekin person pipe placed plough porcelain vessel present province rank representing resembling rice rice paper richly river sedan chair side silk silver singular sometimes species specimens stone streets of Canton taels Tartar taste Tea brick temples tion tree variety various visitor wall white porcelain worn
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第 110 頁 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
第 155 頁 - 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 : and redundant and minute as these laws are in many particulars, we scarcely know any European code that is at once so copious and so consistent, or that is nearly so free from intricacy, bigotry, and fiction.
第 43 頁 - Invites them forth to labour in the sun: Some lead their youth abroad, while some condense Their liquid store, and some in cells dispense : Some at the gate stand ready to receive The golden...
第 73 頁 - ... smile upon their countenance, too much under the influence of the drug to care for passing events, and fast merging to the wished-for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is generally a room in the rear of the building, a species of dead-house, where lie stretched those who have passed into the state of insensibility the opiumsmoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying."* 360.
第 39 頁 - Whether or not pride and prodigality have had a place in my heart, springing up there unobserved ? Whether, from the length of time, I have become remiss in...
第 154 頁 - The most remarkable thing in this code is its great reasonableness, clearness, and consistency ; the business-like brevity and directness of the various provisions, and the plainness and moderation of the language in which they are expressed.
第 110 頁 - Unsullied poverty is always happy ; while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows." — " Petty distinctions are injurious to rectitude; quibbling words violate right reason.
第 70 頁 - There is a variety of amusing inscriptions on the scrolls hung up in the interior of some of the shops, which serve at the same time to mark the thrifty habits of the traders. A few specimens are subjoined : — " Gossiping and long jitting injure business." " Former customers have inspired caution — no credit given." " A small stream always flowing.
第 72 頁 - ... of the day are over, crowds of Chinese who seek these places to satisfy their depraved appetites. The rooms where they sit and smoke, are surrounded by wooden couches, with places for the head to rest upon, and generally a side room is devoted to gambling.
第 124 頁 - The lineal descendants of the deceased, clothed in coarse white cloth, with bandages of the same round their heads, sit weeping round the corpse on the ground, the women keeping up a dismal howl after the manner of the Irish.