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Pàgina 324 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Pàgina 74 - Chinese set great value on fine writing ; and a good calligrapher, or " an elegant pencil," as they say, is always much admired. " For the knowledge and good pronunciation of the character," says M. Hue, " the master, at the beginning of the lesson, repeats a certain number to each pupil, according to his capacity. They then all return to their places, repeating their lesson in a chanting tone, and rocking themselves backwards and forwards.
Pàgina 290 - That is very natural ; but what is the coffin for?' ' For the sick man, who probably has not many days to live. They seem to have made every thing ready for his funeral.' I remarked by the side of the coffin a piece of white linen. ' That, they mean to use for the mourning.
Pàgina 104 - China. The Chinese is so completely absorbed in temporal interests, in the things that fall under his senses, that his whole life is only materialism put in action. " Lucre is the sole object on which his eyes are constantly fixed.
Pàgina 75 - We must first know the goal towards which we are tending, or our definitive destination. This being known, we may afterwards maintain the calmness and tranquillity of our minds. The mind being calm and tranquil, we may afterwards enjoy that unalterable repose which nothing can trouble. Having then attained to the enjoyment of the unalterable repose which nothing can trouble, we may afterward* meditate and form our judgment on the essence of things; and having formed our judgments of the essence of...
Pàgina 68 - As man," continues the imperial logician, " is apt to delude himself concerning his own interests, contests would then be interminable, and the half of the Empire would not suffice to settle the lawsuits of the other half. I desire, therefore, that those who have recourse to the tribunals should be treated...
Pàgina 76 - If those who govern states only think of amassing riches for their personal use, they will infallibly attract toward them depraved men; these depraved men will make the sovereign believe that they are good and virtuous ; and these depraved men will govern the kingdom. But the administration of these unworthy ministers will call down the chastisements of Heaven, and excite the vengeance of the people. When matters have reached this point, what ministers, were they ever so good and virtuous, could...
Pàgina 78 - ... and commanding men — who, by possessing a soul, grand, firm, constant, and imperturbable, is capable of making justice and equity reign — who, by his faculty of being always honest, simple, upright, grave, and just, is capable of attracting respect and veneration — who, by his faculty of being clothed with the ornaments of the mind and the talents procured by...
Pàgina 68 - Contests would then be interminable, and the half of the Empire would not suffice to settle the lawsuits of the other half. I desire, therefore, that those who have recourse to the tribunals should be treated without any. pity, and in such manner that they should be disgusted with law, and tremble to appear before the magistrates.
Pàgina 146 - ... withdrew, though with a very bad grace, and went to eat his rice elsewhere. Our supper, as may be imagined, was not remarkably gay. The company helped themselves from the dishes right and left, but all in perfect silence ; the chop-sticks seized and let fall often the same morsel before carrying it off. The guests swallowed, as if in mere absence of mind, several little glasses of warm wine ; they glanced at each other out of the corners of their eyes, but said nothing. Every one seemed to be...