A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Том 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1832 |
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... nature of their language , in which each word is represented by a dis- tinct character , prevents them from having moveable types , to be set up as occasion requires . When a book is to be printed , a copy of it is written in a fair ...
... nature of their language , in which each word is represented by a dis- tinct character , prevents them from having moveable types , to be set up as occasion requires . When a book is to be printed , a copy of it is written in a fair ...
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... nature of Chinese funerals , the parents frequently dispose of them in that manner after they are dead , knowing that they will be interred at the public expense . Education . ] In no country is the connexion between parents and ...
... nature of Chinese funerals , the parents frequently dispose of them in that manner after they are dead , knowing that they will be interred at the public expense . Education . ] In no country is the connexion between parents and ...
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... nature , has furnished unbounded scope to dogmatism and speculation ; and on no point could the opinions of men at one time be more opposed than on that of the character of the Chinese . Further information on the subject , however ...
... nature , has furnished unbounded scope to dogmatism and speculation ; and on no point could the opinions of men at one time be more opposed than on that of the character of the Chinese . Further information on the subject , however ...
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... nature , which would possess the vir- tue of renovating the vigour of the human body , and of rendering it finally immortal . In pursuit of this beverage of immortality , they addicted them- selves to the study of alchymy , which they ...
... nature , which would possess the vir- tue of renovating the vigour of the human body , and of rendering it finally immortal . In pursuit of this beverage of immortality , they addicted them- selves to the study of alchymy , which they ...
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... nature , and , after becoming pure essences , to take delight in tormenting human beings , especially by exposing them to diseases . Hence , in time of sick- ness , the principal remedy is to send for the bonzes , to banish , by their ...
... nature , and , after becoming pure essences , to take delight in tormenting human beings , especially by exposing them to diseases . Hence , in time of sick- ness , the principal remedy is to send for the bonzes , to banish , by their ...
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