American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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Page 101
... Chinese were not behind the Egyptian and Assyrian empires in civilization . When the Latin eagle reached its remotest eyrie in the mountains of Armenia , Chinese armies manœuvred on the eastern shores of the Caspian ; and when Attila ...
... Chinese were not behind the Egyptian and Assyrian empires in civilization . When the Latin eagle reached its remotest eyrie in the mountains of Armenia , Chinese armies manœuvred on the eastern shores of the Caspian ; and when Attila ...
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... Chinese civilization has maintained a constant and triumphant contest ; when threatened with invasion , policy has turned the arms of one tribe against another , or united enemies with the body of the nation ; when actually conquered by ...
... Chinese civilization has maintained a constant and triumphant contest ; when threatened with invasion , policy has turned the arms of one tribe against another , or united enemies with the body of the nation ; when actually conquered by ...
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... Chinese authority quoted by Remusat , makes the population no more than 140 millions , but this is acknowledged to be wrong . The Chinese are usually stated by writers on natural history ... Chinese empire , Se 1835. ] 103 Gutzlaff's China .
... Chinese authority quoted by Remusat , makes the population no more than 140 millions , but this is acknowledged to be wrong . The Chinese are usually stated by writers on natural history ... Chinese empire , Se 1835. ] 103 Gutzlaff's China .
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... China proper , the mountains of which region are still revered by the Chinese as the theatre of their mythology . The founders of the empire were composed of a hundred families , each governed by a patriarchal authority , and perfectly ...
... China proper , the mountains of which region are still revered by the Chinese as the theatre of their mythology . The founders of the empire were composed of a hundred families , each governed by a patriarchal authority , and perfectly ...
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... Chinese empire , brought with them , or speedily acquired , a system of writing different from that employed by any other people , but which has , by their colonies , conquests , and the influence of their civilization , been widely ...
... Chinese empire , brought with them , or speedily acquired , a system of writing different from that employed by any other people , but which has , by their colonies , conquests , and the influence of their civilization , been widely ...
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