American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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Page 104
... principle , but despotic in effect , this sway does not rest upon the principle of legitimacy or of divine right , but is solely determined by possession , the emperor de facto being universally recognised as emperor de jure . The same ...
... principle , but despotic in effect , this sway does not rest upon the principle of legitimacy or of divine right , but is solely determined by possession , the emperor de facto being universally recognised as emperor de jure . The same ...
Page 105
... principle of evil is figured in the form of the head of a demon . Natural inanimate objects furnish seventeen primitive symbols ; the art of building , eleven , drawn from the rudest and earliest forms of architecture , but for palace ...
... principle of evil is figured in the form of the head of a demon . Natural inanimate objects furnish seventeen primitive symbols ; the art of building , eleven , drawn from the rudest and earliest forms of architecture , but for palace ...
Page 109
... principle upon which this has been done . The impression has been so strong that the lan- guage of China is wholly addressed to the eyes , that those per- sons best versed in it , and who actually employ its characters , as simply ...
... principle upon which this has been done . The impression has been so strong that the lan- guage of China is wholly addressed to the eyes , that those per- sons best versed in it , and who actually employ its characters , as simply ...
Page 111
... principle , for an universal lan- guage , addressed to the eye and not to the ear . This opinion is , however , erroneous . The classical books are studied by the * Remusat Mélanges Asiatiques . • Chinese themselves , in their original ...
... principle , for an universal lan- guage , addressed to the eye and not to the ear . This opinion is , however , erroneous . The classical books are studied by the * Remusat Mélanges Asiatiques . • Chinese themselves , in their original ...
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... principles of good government , and to express elegantly , by writing , the ideas of the mind . " In a vicious age he became an object of scorn to many , who hated his rigid principles . ' He was even once in danger of being killed ...
... principles of good government , and to express elegantly , by writing , the ideas of the mind . " In a vicious age he became an object of scorn to many , who hated his rigid principles . ' He was even once in danger of being killed ...
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