China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufactures : the Evils Arising from the Opium Trade, with a Glance at Our Religious, Moral, Political, and Commercial Intercourse with the Country, Volum 1Chinese Materials Center, 1978 |
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Pàgina 61
... beauty in China is not of " Araby the blest " ) a fleshless figure , without those graceful undulations , which we English consider as essential to female beauty . A dingy yellow com- plexion ( overplastered with white cosmetic ) , high ...
... beauty in China is not of " Araby the blest " ) a fleshless figure , without those graceful undulations , which we English consider as essential to female beauty . A dingy yellow com- plexion ( overplastered with white cosmetic ) , high ...
Pàgina 107
... beauty ; her face is too round , she has colour in her cheeks , her eyes are too blue , too large ; she's too tall ... beauty , that China beauty ; pointing to the portrait of a boat- woman , which most assuredly ill accorded with our ...
... beauty ; her face is too round , she has colour in her cheeks , her eyes are too blue , too large ; she's too tall ... beauty , that China beauty ; pointing to the portrait of a boat- woman , which most assuredly ill accorded with our ...
Pàgina 405
... beauty of many descriptions of the Chinese porcelain , is well known and appreciated in England ; and could we introduce their brilliant style of colouring into our manufactures , we might equal , if not rival , our French neighbours ...
... beauty of many descriptions of the Chinese porcelain , is well known and appreciated in England ; and could we introduce their brilliant style of colouring into our manufactures , we might equal , if not rival , our French neighbours ...
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