 They constitute the surface-level, and below them there are deeps on deeps of depravity so shocking and horrible, that their character cannot even be hinted. There are some dark shadows in human nature, which we naturally shrink from penetrating, and...  From New York to Delhi - Page 444by Robert Bowne Minturn - 1858 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1857 - 516 pages
...natives. They constitute the surface-level, and below them there are deeps on deeps of de^ pravity so shocking and horrible, that their character cannot...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | the calcutta review - 1857 - 514 pages
...deliberate opinion that the Chinese are, morally, the most debased people on the face of the earth. Forms of vice which in other countries are barely...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | William Charles Milne - 1857 - 540 pages
...my deliberate opinion that the Chinese are morally the most debased people on the face of the earth. Forms of vice, which in other countries are barely...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident,- — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | James Loring Baker - 1858 - 358 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind ; but there were enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | 1858 - 424 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind; but there were enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | James Loring Baker - 1858 - 300 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind ; but there were enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1859 - 230 pages
...character can never be hinted. There are some dark shadows in human nature which we naturally shriuk from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect...enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing and hearing—which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident— to inspire me with... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1859 - 322 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind ; but there wa» enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1862 - 588 pages
...shadows in human nature, which we naturally shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to colleet information of this kind; but there was enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing and hearing—which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident—to inspire me with... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1872 - 564 pages
...earth. Forms of vice which in other countries are barely named, are in China so common, that they exeite no comment among the natives. They constitute the...which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident — to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their touch is pollution,... | |
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