... 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,... China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People - Page 15by John Henry Gray - 1878Full view - About this book
| Robert Brown - 1876 - 362 pages
...difficult for one not of their race to decipher than their own singularly compound word syllables. "In the same individual virtues and vices, apparently...obedience to superiors, dutifulness to parents and Fiona. Persons. Finns. Persoi 220 1,953 Spanish . . 1 163 35 420 17 55 49 384 Austrians . 1 88 9 224... | |
| 1878 - 604 pages
...character of the people, who have multiplied until they are " as the sand which is upon the sea-shore," it is very difficult to speak justly. The moral character...to decipher, than their own singularly- compounded word-syllables. In the same individuals, virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed side... | |
| William H. Brereton - 1882 - 342 pages
...moral character of the people, who have multiplied until they are ' as the sands upon the sea-shore,' it is very difficult to speak justly. The moral character...to superiors, dutifulness to parents, and reverence to the aged, are, in one and the same person, the companions of insincerity, lying, flattery, treachery,... | |
| Alfred J. Bamford - 1888 - 336 pages
...creed, or even in religious worship alone that this gift is illustrated. Archdeacon Gray tells us, " The moral character of the Chinese is a book written...race, religion and language to decipher than their singularly compounded wordsymbols. In the same individual, virtues and vices apparently incompatible,... | |
| 1885 - 962 pages
...means of pursuing the same individual ends ; so that, as Dr. Gray, Archdeacon of Canton, observes, the moral character of the Chinese " is a book written...than their own singularly compounded word-symbols." For "a true picture of the moral condition of the people," the Rev. Griffith John refers us to the... | |
| Isaac Taylor Headland - 1912 - 330 pages
...schools, hospitals, merchandise, Christians, and led to the terrible revenge of 1900." (A Missionary.) "The moral character of the Chinese is a book written...own singularly compounded word-symbols. In the same individuals, virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed side by side. Meekness, gentleness,... | |
| Isaac Taylor Headland - 1912 - 328 pages
...schools, hospitals, merchandise, Christians, and led to the terrible revenge of 1900." (A Missionary.) "The moral character of the Chinese is a book written...own singularly compounded word-symbols. In the same individuals, virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed side by side. Meekness, gentleness,... | |
| James Dyer Ball - 1926 - 784 pages
...Who will say that such a people have not a future more wonderful even than their past.' — Seward. ' The moral character of the Chinese is a book written...religion, and language to decipher than their own singularly-compounded word-symbols. In the same individual, virtues and vices, apparently incompatible,... | |
| Willard B. Farwell - 1885 - 254 pages
...character of the people, who have multiplied until they are 'as the sand which is upon the seashore,' it is very difficult to speak justly. The moral character...and language to decipher than their own singularly comppunded word symbols. In the same individual virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed... | |
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