The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Том 2Wm. Otridge and Son, John Walker, James Scatchard, Vernor & Hood, D. Ogilvy and Son, and Darton & Harvey, 1800 |
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... it will ever be . China , I have ob ferved , has evidently begun to degenerate from its for- mer politeness ; and ... it not now by degrees . fink us into our former ignorance , leaving us only the love of wisdom , while it deprives us ...
... it will ever be . China , I have ob ferved , has evidently begun to degenerate from its for- mer politeness ; and ... it not now by degrees . fink us into our former ignorance , leaving us only the love of wisdom , while it deprives us ...
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... it ; it is amufing to obferve the effect which fuch a fpectacle has upon the variety of faces , the pleasure it excites in fome , the envy in others , and the wishes it raises in all . With this defign I lately went to fee the entry of ...
... it ; it is amufing to obferve the effect which fuch a fpectacle has upon the variety of faces , the pleasure it excites in fome , the envy in others , and the wishes it raises in all . With this defign I lately went to fee the entry of ...
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... it beft to employ a philofophic cobler on this occasion : perceiving my business , therefore , he defired me to enter and fit down , took my fhoe in his lap , and began to mend it with his usual indifference and taciturnity . " How , my ...
... it beft to employ a philofophic cobler on this occasion : perceiving my business , therefore , he defired me to enter and fit down , took my fhoe in his lap , and began to mend it with his usual indifference and taciturnity . " How , my ...
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... it into my wife's hands . the length of it effectually broke her heart . I fearched the whole ftall after she was dead for money , but she had hidden it so effectually , that with all my pains , I could never find a farthing . " By this ...
... it into my wife's hands . the length of it effectually broke her heart . I fearched the whole ftall after she was dead for money , but she had hidden it so effectually , that with all my pains , I could never find a farthing . " By this ...
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... it pleases us ; we cherish it with delight , and give it up with reluctance ; and love for love is all the reward we expect or defire . Gratitude , on the contrary , is never conferred but where there have been previous endeavours to excite ...
... it pleases us ; we cherish it with delight , and give it up with reluctance ; and love for love is all the reward we expect or defire . Gratitude , on the contrary , is never conferred but where there have been previous endeavours to excite ...
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Adieu affiftance affured againſt almoſt alſo amuſement anſwer applauſe beauty becauſe beſt buſineſs cauſe ceremony China Chineſe Confucius converfation cries curiofity defcribe defigned defire diſappointment drefs eaſily Engliſh faid fame faſhion fatisfied fays fecure feemed feen fenfible fent ferve fhall fhew fhort filk fince fingle firft firſt fociety fome meaſure fometimes foon fortune foul ftill fubject fuch fufficient FUM HOAM fure furniſhed greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf horſe houſe huſband hyæna increaſe inftruction juft juſt juſtice lady laft laſt leaſt LETTER LIEN CHI ALTANGI Mencius moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obfervation obliged occafion paffion perfon philofopher pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe preſent puniſhment reaſon refolved reſembles reſpect Ruffia ſee ſeem ſeen ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch ſurpriſing thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tibbs ufual underſtand uſe whole wiſdom
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