China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1878 |
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Page 48
... offerings of fat pork to this stone tiger , before which he was also burning incense and making genu- flexions . At the base of the large wall which I have described as forming the prison boundary , there are several hovels - for by no ...
... offerings of fat pork to this stone tiger , before which he was also burning incense and making genu- flexions . At the base of the large wall which I have described as forming the prison boundary , there are several hovels - for by no ...
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... offering them rank , titles , money , and a free pardon . To this policy the reader will remember the ancient Jews , also , had recourse . Thus David , in order to secure the services of Abner , who was uphold- ing the cause of Ish ...
... offering them rank , titles , money , and a free pardon . To this policy the reader will remember the ancient Jews , also , had recourse . Thus David , in order to secure the services of Abner , who was uphold- ing the cause of Ish ...
Page 85
... offerings of posterity , and that those who are careful to render it to them secure the favour of the gods . Sometimes they ascribe to the spirits of their ancestors the power of exercising a providential care over them , and of ...
... offerings of posterity , and that those who are careful to render it to them secure the favour of the gods . Sometimes they ascribe to the spirits of their ancestors the power of exercising a providential care over them , and of ...
Page 87
... offerings , con- sisting of flowers , fruits , and wines , in three different kinds respectively , together with nine different kinds of silk fabrics- all in white - are laid upon the same altar . On the succeeding day , the emperor or ...
... offerings , con- sisting of flowers , fruits , and wines , in three different kinds respectively , together with nine different kinds of silk fabrics- all in white - are laid upon the same altar . On the succeeding day , the emperor or ...
Page 89
... offerings , no fewer than nine times , and on each occasion he presents to the tablet or idol a certain number of the offerings . He raises each offering as it is presented above his head . In the case of the animals such an elevation ...
... offerings , no fewer than nine times , and on each occasion he presents to the tablet or idol a certain number of the offerings . He raises each offering as it is presented above his head . In the case of the animals such an elevation ...
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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.