A Peep at China in Mr. Dunn's Chinese Collection: With Miscellaneous Notices Relating to the Institutions and Customs of the Chinese, and Our Commercial Intercourse with ThemNathan Dunn, 1839 - 103 頁 |
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... seen on the Celes- tial Empire . It is , in effect , China in miniature . It al- most realizes , in reference to the manners and civiliza- tion of that remote , unique , and interesting people , the fable of the woods moving to the ...
... seen on the Celes- tial Empire . It is , in effect , China in miniature . It al- most realizes , in reference to the manners and civiliza- tion of that remote , unique , and interesting people , the fable of the woods moving to the ...
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... seen in most houses of the better sort in the Celestial Empire , we find our- selves within full prospect of all the glories treasured within the spacious Hall of the Collection . Here , as if touched by the wand of an enchanter , we ...
... seen in most houses of the better sort in the Celestial Empire , we find our- selves within full prospect of all the glories treasured within the spacious Hall of the Collection . Here , as if touched by the wand of an enchanter , we ...
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... seen before it can be appreciated . The beauty of the general view , and the attractiveness of the whole exhibi- tion , will be greatly enhanced by an improvement soon to be commenced . Mr. Dunn is about to have constructed an elegant ...
... seen before it can be appreciated . The beauty of the general view , and the attractiveness of the whole exhibi- tion , will be greatly enhanced by an improvement soon to be commenced . Mr. Dunn is about to have constructed an elegant ...
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... seen in the hands of the pedestrians after dark . The same writer relates the following amusing anecdote , as affording a striking and original exemplification of both the power of habit and the national peculiarity above referred to ...
... seen in the hands of the pedestrians after dark . The same writer relates the following amusing anecdote , as affording a striking and original exemplification of both the power of habit and the national peculiarity above referred to ...
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... seen . There is a frame - work in front of the translucent substance , dividing it into small panes , of various shapes . This is the general style of Chinese windows , but the passion of the people for variety leads them to adopt an ...
... seen . There is a frame - work in front of the translucent substance , dividing it into small panes , of various shapes . This is the general style of Chinese windows , but the passion of the people for variety leads them to adopt an ...
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ancient appears ascer bamboo beautiful bird boats Budha Budhist Budhist priests Caleb Cushing called Canton carved Celestial Empire century chain pump characters Collection colors Confucius CONTAINS a model court court circular covered curious dollars dress elegant embroidered embroidery Emperor envelopes feet female figures flowers foreign George Staunton guitar hand head Heaven Hong merchants houses hundred imperial instruments junks Keying's kind ladies lanterns lute Macao mandarins manufacture marriage matchlock ment military missionaries mourning movable types nations nese notice officers opium ornamental pagoda painted pair parents peculiar Peking person picture pipe porcelain vases possess present principal provinces provinces of China rank rice river saloon seen shaving side silk Spanish dollars specimens of Chinese stand stone strings suspended taels Taou Tartar taste temples tion trade variety vessels wall ware Whampoa whole wood
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第 103 頁 - had merely opened a new way to the old resorts of opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the east. He supposed Hispaniola to be the ancient Ophir, which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia.
第 103 頁 - continually seeking after the territories of the Grand Khan, and even after his last expedition, when nearly worn out by age, hardships and infirmities, he offered in a letter to the Spanish monarchs, written from a bed of sickness, to conduct any missionary to the territories of the Tartar Emperor, who would undertake his conversion.
第 50 頁 - or six boards for conducting the details of public business. They are, 1. The Board of Appointments, having cognizance of the conduct of all civil officers; 2. The Board of Revenue, whose duties extend to all fiscal matters; 3. The Board of Rites and Ceremonies, which keeps watch and ward over the public morals, and
第 103 頁 - of life and death over their children ; for, even if they kill them designedly, they are subject to only the chastisement of the bamboo, and a year's banishment; if struck by them, to no punishment at all. The penalty for striking parents, or for cursing them, is death, as among the Hebrews.
第 82 頁 - hereditary in the male line; but it is always in the power of the sovereign to nominate his successor, either from among his own children, or from among any other of his subjects. The successor is frequently nominated during his father's life time, in which case he possesses several exclusive privileges, as crown
第 56 頁 - fixed in their purposes.—11. Attend to the education of youth, in order to guard them from doing evil.—12. Abstain from false accusing, that the good and honest may be in safety.— 13. Dissuade from the concealment of deserters, that others be
第 82 頁 - fountain of justice. There can be no appeal from his judgment; and the gift of mercy belongs alone to him. No right can be held in opposition to his pleasure; no claim can be maintained against him; no privilege can protect from his wrath, if it be his will to set aside established
第 81 頁 - He is held to be the vicegerent of Heaven, especially chosen to govern all nations; and is supreme in everything, holding at once the highest legislative and executive powers, without limitation or control. He is, hence, entitled
第 103 頁 - THE number of itinerant workmen of one kind or another, which line the sides of the streets, or occupy the areas before public buildings in Chinese towns, is a remarkable feature. Fruiterers, pastrymen, cook-stalls, venders of gimcracks, and wayside shopkeepers, are found in other countries as well as China ; but to see a
第 57 頁 - should precede, and letters follow."—" He who pretends to profound learning, without regarding first himself, and his own duties; fame indeed he may acquire, but when he is examined, he will be found to possess no solidity." —" These wandering and mendicant sectaries* are glad