American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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Page 102
... appears to have limit- ed this capacity ; or perhaps the successive additions made to the nation have been dazzled by the superiority of the original Chinese to such a degree as to conceive their arts , their litera- ture , and their ...
... appears to have limit- ed this capacity ; or perhaps the successive additions made to the nation have been dazzled by the superiority of the original Chinese to such a degree as to conceive their arts , their litera- ture , and their ...
Page 103
... are mentioned by Confucius , while he who is now called the founder of the dynasty , appears only in the subordinate character of minister . The earliest regular historian of the Chinese empire , Se 1835. ] 103 Gutzlaff's China .
... are mentioned by Confucius , while he who is now called the founder of the dynasty , appears only in the subordinate character of minister . The earliest regular historian of the Chinese empire , Se 1835. ] 103 Gutzlaff's China .
Page 107
... appear easy to imagine how , in the rude traces first drawn , and which in use deviated more and more from the original , a wolf was to be dis- tinguished from a dog or a fox , or one variety of tree from an- other . It is still more ...
... appear easy to imagine how , in the rude traces first drawn , and which in use deviated more and more from the original , a wolf was to be dis- tinguished from a dog or a fox , or one variety of tree from an- other . It is still more ...
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... appear from the text of our author . The celebrated Ricci , who founded the Catholic mission in China , was able , after no long residence , to compose treatises in the language of the Empire , which are still held in esteem by the ...
... appear from the text of our author . The celebrated Ricci , who founded the Catholic mission in China , was able , after no long residence , to compose treatises in the language of the Empire , which are still held in esteem by the ...
Page 114
... appears to be the great aim of this work . We find long speeches , which neither tradition , nor even records would have preserved . They are , moreover , so similar in character , that we suspect Confucius to be the author of them all ...
... appears to be the great aim of this work . We find long speeches , which neither tradition , nor even records would have preserved . They are , moreover , so similar in character , that we suspect Confucius to be the author of them all ...
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