Hau Kiou Choaan: Or, The Pleasing History, Volume 2Thomas Percy R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - Chinese poetry |
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... favour , be the confequence what it would . She called therefore her fer- vant , and inquired of him what atten- dants the young ftranger had with him . She was answered , only one , and he a boy of fourteen or fifteen years . She ...
... favour , be the confequence what it would . She called therefore her fer- vant , and inquired of him what atten- dants the young ftranger had with him . She was answered , only one , and he a boy of fourteen or fifteen years . She ...
Page 42
... other : I am intirely ignorant how , or where he is gone . It is the intereft of our order , to procure the favour and coun- tenance of the rich and powerful where we we are settled : what folly then would it be 42 HAU KIOU CHOAAN .
... other : I am intirely ignorant how , or where he is gone . It is the intereft of our order , to procure the favour and coun- tenance of the rich and powerful where we we are settled : what folly then would it be 42 HAU KIOU CHOAAN .
Page 77
... favours he had received from Shuey - ping - fin . She herself was no lefs affected with joy that he was reftored to health , and that she had been wanting in nothing to express her sense of the favours he had conferred upon her . When ...
... favours he had received from Shuey - ping - fin . She herself was no lefs affected with joy that he was reftored to health , and that she had been wanting in nothing to express her sense of the favours he had conferred upon her . When ...
Page 79
... favour for me ever to forget , I have been very de- firous of making a fmall , though very unequal return for it ; and as for peo- ple's talk , I pay no regard to it . Had * It hath been mentioned in a former note , that the Salute of ...
... favour for me ever to forget , I have been very de- firous of making a fmall , though very unequal return for it ; and as for peo- ple's talk , I pay no regard to it . Had * It hath been mentioned in a former note , that the Salute of ...
Page 89
... favours I have received . To - morrow I design to go from hence . ” " I brought you here , faid the young lady , on account ... Favour me with your com- pany a day or two longer . We fhall then have time to talk over at large those good ...
... favours I have received . To - morrow I design to go from hence . ” " I brought you here , faid the young lady , on account ... Favour me with your com- pany a day or two longer . We fhall then have time to talk over at large those good ...
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affiftance alfo alſo anſwer becauſe Bobea Bonzees cafes called caufe cauſe Che-bien China Chineſe Compte Confucius darine defired diſturbance Du Halde Emperor faid faid the youth falute fame father fecond feem feen felf fent fervant ferve fervice feven fhall fhould filk filver firft firſt fmall fome fometimes foon ftill ftranger fubject fuch give Grand Vifitor greateſt guwin Halde hath herſelf Hift himſelf honour houfe houſe Kwo-kbé-tzu laft lefs Lettres edifiant mafter Magal Mandarine manner marriage marry moft moſt muft muſt myſelf niece obferve occafion paffed perfon pleaſed prefent puniſhment purpoſe reafon refpects replied ſaid ſay ſee Semedo ſhall ſhe Shuey Shuey-guwin Shuey-ping-fin ſpeak ſtay taels tell thefe themſelves theſe words thing thofe thoſe thouſand Tieb-chung-u told Tranflator's tribunal uncle underſtanding uſe vifit whofe woman yeſterday young lady yourſelf
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Page 52 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...
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Page 52 - Eph. 5. i. Be ye followers of God as dear Children. They are the Children of God, who are Followers of God, who purifie themfelves as he is pure, and who are perfect as he is perfect. So that to be the Child of God, or the Child of the Devil, fignifies as much as to carry a particular...
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Page 292 - ... of ftate. This tribunal hath likewife the keeping of the rolls, and regifters, which are made every year, of all the families, number of men, meafure of land, and the duties arifing from them to the emperor. 3. Li-pu. 3- THE court of Li-pu, or...
Page 50 - E benefit benefit received ought to be returned manifold : and on the other hand, that an injury may be pardoned; except when it is of a grofs nature, and then there ought to be full fatisfaclion.