Hau Kiou Choaan: Or, The Pleasing History, Volume 2Thomas Percy R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - Chinese poetry |
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... night to worship [ FO : ] they fing toge- " ther in their choirs in a tone , which very much " refembles our pfalmody or chanting . " - They 66 66 go with their heads and beards fhaven : ( fays " P. Semedo , p . 89 ) They have feveral ...
... night to worship [ FO : ] they fing toge- " ther in their choirs in a tone , which very much " refembles our pfalmody or chanting . " - They 66 66 go with their heads and beards fhaven : ( fays " P. Semedo , p . 89 ) They have feveral ...
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... night , and made him fo deeply in liquor as to know nobody . The next morning fhe fent to fee if he was departed , and was told , that hav- ing drank hard over - night , he was not yet rifen . She fent again ; and was informed he could ...
... night , and made him fo deeply in liquor as to know nobody . The next morning fhe fent to fee if he was departed , and was told , that hav- ing drank hard over - night , he was not yet rifen . She fent again ; and was informed he could ...
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... night before , the Superior of the Bon- zees had made an entertainment of Lent * for the young ftranger , and that he * This probably means no more than what we call a lenten Entertainment : for it does not ap- pear that the Bonsees ...
... night before , the Superior of the Bon- zees had made an entertainment of Lent * for the young ftranger , and that he * This probably means no more than what we call a lenten Entertainment : for it does not ap- pear that the Bonsees ...
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... night , and was become fo weak he could not rise from his bed . All her fears and fufpicions were felt the pulfe , they make up two compofitions , one to be taken on the fpot , the other after- wards . Their medicines are only fimples ...
... night , and was become fo weak he could not rise from his bed . All her fears and fufpicions were felt the pulfe , they make up two compofitions , one to be taken on the fpot , the other after- wards . Their medicines are only fimples ...
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... if there hath been no foul play , why fhould he receive no benefit from the phyfic he took laft night , but on the contrary hath been a great deal worse ? And And yet the Bonzee would force him to take it 20 HAU KIOU CHOAAN .
... if there hath been no foul play , why fhould he receive no benefit from the phyfic he took laft night , but on the contrary hath been a great deal worse ? And And yet the Bonzee would force him to take it 20 HAU KIOU CHOAAN .
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Page 52 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...
Page 52 - If thy brother trefpafs againft thee, rebuke him; " and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trefpafs againft thee feven " times in a day, and feven times in a day turn again to thee, faying, " I repent, thou fhalt forgive him.
Page 52 - Eph. 5. i. Be ye followers of God as dear Children. They are the Children of God, who are Followers of God, who purifie themfelves as he is pure, and who are perfect as he is perfect. So that to be the Child of God, or the Child of the Devil, fignifies as much as to carry a particular...
Page 192 - ... contrary to all other eaflern nations, who fit crofs-legged on the ground, and either ufe no table but the floor, or at moft have them about a foot high from it. At their entertainments...
Page 85 - ... the degeneracy of the times. " There are only two words in our days by which both the people and the mandarins regulate their conduct, and those are riches and power.
Page 166 - ... of the miserable people. So that it is a common proverb in China that the king unwittingly lets loose so many hangmen, murderers, hungry dogs and wolves to ruin and devour the poor people, when he creates new mandarins to govern them.
Page 6 - Not to commit any impurity. IV. Not to tell a lie. V. Not to drink wine. P. Du Halde, vol. ip 650. 672. and P. Semedo, p. 89. &c. Picart, vol. iv. 228. P. Lc eriter'tamrheht,. arid be glad to converfe with you before you go.
Page 292 - ... of ftate. This tribunal hath likewife the keeping of the rolls, and regifters, which are made every year, of all the families, number of men, meafure of land, and the duties arifing from them to the emperor. 3. Li-pu. 3- THE court of Li-pu, or...
Page 50 - E benefit benefit received ought to be returned manifold : and on the other hand, that an injury may be pardoned; except when it is of a grofs nature, and then there ought to be full fatisfaclion.