China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1878 |
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... ladies of the imperial harem weave and make into garments for certain state idols . The empress is supposed to be profoundly ignorant of all political matters . There are instances on record , however , of empresses of China having ...
... ladies of the imperial harem weave and make into garments for certain state idols . The empress is supposed to be profoundly ignorant of all political matters . There are instances on record , however , of empresses of China having ...
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... ladies and women of the bedchamber . This ceremony is , I believe , observed once a year . Queens were chosen for the ancient kings of Persia in a similar manner - to use the words of the book of Esther , in which we find evidence of ...
... ladies and women of the bedchamber . This ceremony is , I believe , observed once a year . Queens were chosen for the ancient kings of Persia in a similar manner - to use the words of the book of Esther , in which we find evidence of ...
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... ladies to be mem- bers of his imperial majesty's harem . Of the ladies in question , the first is a daughter of a clerk in the board of punishments ; the second is a daughter of a prefect ; and the third the daughter of Saishanga , the ...
... ladies to be mem- bers of his imperial majesty's harem . Of the ladies in question , the first is a daughter of a clerk in the board of punishments ; the second is a daughter of a prefect ; and the third the daughter of Saishanga , the ...
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... lady making a vow before its beautiful marble pagoda to preserve the lives of several tens of sparrows . When the vow had been made , the cage containing the birds was carried by the priest in attendance into an adjoining corridor ...
... lady making a vow before its beautiful marble pagoda to preserve the lives of several tens of sparrows . When the vow had been made , the cage containing the birds was carried by the priest in attendance into an adjoining corridor ...
Page 132
... lady , which has been kept partially shaved since the day she entered the nunnery , is entirely shaved by a female attendant , and she is attired in robes bearing a striking resemblance to those worn by the monks of the sect . The ...
... lady , which has been kept partially shaved since the day she entered the nunnery , is entirely shaved by a female attendant , and she is attired in robes bearing a striking resemblance to those worn by the monks of the sect . The ...
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Page 179 - In the multitude of people is the king's honour : but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Page 247 - 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 39 - 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 283 - 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 178 - 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 178 - They act," writes Mr. Low from the United States Legation, at Pekin, in an official letter2 to his government, " as advisers to the lower classes, and their good offices are sought by the governing class in the management of local concerns. By their superior intelligence they are enabled to control most of the property, and yet few acquire such wealth as would enable them to oppress the people, were they so disposed. " This class create the public opinion of the country, which exercises a controlling...
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Page 248 - that 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.
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 182 - Almost all Chinese, 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.