Hau Kiou Choaan: Or, The Pleasing History, Volume 2Thomas Percy R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - Chinese poetry |
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... original Tieh - fiang - coon . See vol 1 . p . 114. note . It may not be unneceffary to add , that Siang - coon or cung , is properly applied only to fuch as have taken the degree of Batchelor ; but commonly given in compliment to ...
... original Tieh - fiang - coon . See vol 1 . p . 114. note . It may not be unneceffary to add , that Siang - coon or cung , is properly applied only to fuch as have taken the degree of Batchelor ; but commonly given in compliment to ...
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... original it is " Tho ' your mistress is a woman with all the delicacy of her sex in her perfon , fhe hath a mafculine capacity . " This is a very high compliment among a people , who entertain fo unfavourable an opi- nion of the ladies ...
... original it is " Tho ' your mistress is a woman with all the delicacy of her sex in her perfon , fhe hath a mafculine capacity . " This is a very high compliment among a people , who entertain fo unfavourable an opi- nion of the ladies ...
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... the house of a friend , who would take care of him , and recover his health : In the original Low - Ho - fhang , or porter father . Tranf . and and therefore he committed to his charge the key of 26 HAU KIOU CHOAAN .
... the house of a friend , who would take care of him , and recover his health : In the original Low - Ho - fhang , or porter father . Tranf . and and therefore he committed to his charge the key of 26 HAU KIOU CHOAAN .
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... original it is " Gin - feng , Long - yen , Leah - méé . " The Ging - feng , or human plant , fo called from the fancied resemblance of its root to a human body , is in fuch requeft in China , that an ounce of it fells at prefent for ...
... original it is " Gin - feng , Long - yen , Leah - méé . " The Ging - feng , or human plant , fo called from the fancied resemblance of its root to a human body , is in fuch requeft in China , that an ounce of it fells at prefent for ...
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... being only one story high , must render such an attempt more practicable than with us . ↑ In the original . Is fhe fo clean ? " This VOL . II . F ealy room for fufpicion than this ? I can never believe A CHINESE HISTORY . 65.
... being only one story high , must render such an attempt more practicable than with us . ↑ In the original . Is fhe fo clean ? " This VOL . II . F ealy room for fufpicion than this ? I can never believe A CHINESE HISTORY . 65.
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