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 107
... female beauty differ ma- terially from our own : in the course of conversation we asked his opinion of an English belle then at Canton , and the reply was completely characteristic of a Chinaman's ideas of female beauty ; her face is ...
... female beauty differ ma- terially from our own : in the course of conversation we asked his opinion of an English belle then at Canton , and the reply was completely characteristic of a Chinaman's ideas of female beauty ; her face is ...
Pàgina 140
... female infants that are murdered , as boys can perpetuate the father's name , and are regarded as an honour to their parents , whilst girls are considered a burden . When Amoy was taken , numberless bodies of female infants were found ...
... female infants that are murdered , as boys can perpetuate the father's name , and are regarded as an honour to their parents , whilst girls are considered a burden . When Amoy was taken , numberless bodies of female infants were found ...
Pàgina 375
... females are rounder , larger , and thicker . Those butterflies are also chosen which come out on the fourteenth day ; those appearing earlier or later are invariably rejected . The selected butterflies , both male and female , are laid ...
... females are rounder , larger , and thicker . Those butterflies are also chosen which come out on the fourteenth day ; those appearing earlier or later are invariably rejected . The selected butterflies , both male and female , are laid ...
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China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and ..., Volum 1 Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufacturers ... Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and ..., Volum 1 Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
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amongst Amoy appearance bamboo beauty biped birds boat British merchants building carved Celestial Empire character China Chinaman Chinese authorities Chinese language Chinese mythology Chusan city of Canton climate cloth Colony colour commenced Consul coolees cultivated curious dollars dwellings Emperor Emperor of China English European feet female fever flowers Foo-chow-foo frequently fruit George Staunton Government green tea guns hand harbour head Ho-nan Hong-Kong hundred inhabitants invariably island joss joss-houses junks Koo-lung-soo lady lanterns leaves Lum-qua Macao mandarin manufacture ment miles nation natives Ning-po officers opium painted peculiar Pekin pirates placed plant population port portion Portuguese present priests produce province reign residence rice river round schooner seen Shang-hae shops side silk silk-worms silken Sir John Davis Spanish dollar species square miles Tartar temples thousand trade tree troops various vegetation vessel Victoria walls war-junk wealthy whilst worms