China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1878 |
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... contain upwards of four thousand walled cities , Pekin ( which though a royal city , and the seat of the central government , is without exception the dirtiest place I ever entered ) being the capital . The cities which rank next to the ...
... contain upwards of four thousand walled cities , Pekin ( which though a royal city , and the seat of the central government , is without exception the dirtiest place I ever entered ) being the capital . The cities which rank next to the ...
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... contain is scooped out and scattered broadcast over the streets for the purpose of laying the dust . The names which are given to the streets of Chinese cities are generally very high - sounding . Thus we have the Street of Golden ...
... contain is scooped out and scattered broadcast over the streets for the purpose of laying the dust . The names which are given to the streets of Chinese cities are generally very high - sounding . Thus we have the Street of Golden ...
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... containing a great number of persons . They are approached by large folding - doors . As the walls which front the streets are without windows , they present , in many cases , the appearance of encampments . Detached houses - of which ...
... containing a great number of persons . They are approached by large folding - doors . As the walls which front the streets are without windows , they present , in many cases , the appearance of encampments . Detached houses - of which ...
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... contain abundant supplies of water , and over the mouth of each a stone slab is placed , which is only removed when ... containing water , so that they may always have at hand sufficient water to enable them to suppress incipient fires ...
... contain abundant supplies of water , and over the mouth of each a stone slab is placed , which is only removed when ... containing water , so that they may always have at hand sufficient water to enable them to suppress incipient fires ...
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... removed several years ago , and the heads are now cast into coarse earthenware tubs containing quicklime . It is very com- mon to expose those of burglars and pirates in the immediate vicinity of the scenes of their crimes , and I F 2.
... removed several years ago , and the heads are now cast into coarse earthenware tubs containing quicklime . It is very com- mon to expose those of burglars and pirates in the immediate vicinity of the scenes of their crimes , and I F 2.
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Page 255 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse.
Page 289 - And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ? And he said unto her, Give me thy son.
Page 41 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 182 - He had to detect the exact place it was necessary to occupy between the rival political sections on the one hand, and the mass of the people on the other.
Page 256 - Ameen-ad-Dowlah, or second vizier, was to give an entertainment to the ambassador and suite ; and on the day appointed, as is usual in Persia, a messenger came to us, about five o'clock in the evening, to bid us to the feast. I might make use of scriptural language to commence my narration. A certain man made a great supper, and bade many, and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are ready.
Page 107 - ... dies, a new being is produced in a more or less painful and material state of existence, according to the karma, the desert or merit, of the being who had died.
Page 17 - ... withal, and an enduring sense of right and wrong. These all form what must be considered an essentially satisfactory basis and groundwork of national character. Among the people there is practical sense; among the gentry, scholarly instincts...
Page 186 - Balfour, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 882. " robust or infirm, well-formed or deformed, are called upon by their parents to marry so soon as they have attained the age of puberty. Were a grown-up son or daughter to die unmarried, the parents would regard it as most deplorable.
Page 15 - ... word-symbols. In the same individual virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed side by side. Meekness, gentleness, docility, industry, contentment, cheerfulness, obedience to superiors, dutifulness to parents, and reverence for the aged, are in one and the same person, the companions of insincerity, lying, flattery, treachery, cruelty, jealousy, ingratitude, avarice, and distrust of others.
Page 291 - Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and people making a noise.