| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...its due lustre throughout the empire, first regulated the province which they e ach governed ; 615 desirous of governing well their own kingdoms, they...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. 5. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things, renders knowledge deep and consummate ; from... | |
| Hugh Murray - 1836 - 424 pages
...to himself consists only of a few sentences, of which tne following comprises nearly one-half: — " The ancients, who wished to restore reason to its...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things renders knowledge deep and consummate ; from hence... | |
| Samuel Wells Williams - 1848 - 626 pages
...of an empire." In the first section, this idea is thus developed in a circle peculiarly Chinese. " The ancients, who wished to restore reason to its...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things renders knowledge deep and consummate ; from hence... | |
| Samuel Wells Williams - 1848 - 630 pages
...province which they each governed ; desirous of governing well their own kingdoms, they previonsly established order and virtue in their own houses ;...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things renders knowledge deep and consummate ; from hence... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1850 - 368 pages
...Houses. For the sake of establishing domestic order, they began with Self-renovation. To renovate their minds, they first gave a right direction to their...their ideas and desires; and to rectify these they China. enlarged their knowledge to the utmost." We do not c^meTe mean here to speak of the practical... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 pages
...peculiarly Chinese style of the philosopher : " The ancients, who wished to restore reason to its due luster throughout the empire, first regulated the province...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things renders knowledge deep and consummate ; from hence... | |
| 1871 - 510 pages
...to restore to reason its due lustre throughout the empire, first regulated the province which they governed ; desirous of governing well their own kingdoms,...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things rendering knowledge deep and consummate ; from thence... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 584 pages
...due luster throughout the empire, first regulated the province which they each governed ; desirons of governing well their own kingdoms, they previously...acquaintance with the nature of things around us. A thorough acquaintance with the nature of things renders knowledge deep and consummate ; from hence... | |
| |