Hau Kiou Choaan: Or, The Pleasing History, Volume 2Thomas Percy R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - Chinese poetry |
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... youth : all I know of him is from the business of yesterday , which was too fcandalous to be the foundation of an acquaint- ance : he is no way obliged to invite me , or I to go to him . Why then may not I depart ? " " True , Sir , faid ...
... youth : all I know of him is from the business of yesterday , which was too fcandalous to be the foundation of an acquaint- ance : he is no way obliged to invite me , or I to go to him . Why then may not I depart ? " " True , Sir , faid ...
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... youth of fo much integrity and courage ! O that I was but a man , that I might go along with him and make him my * Pieces of filk , & c . are usually given as pre- fents in China . See P. Semedo . friend ! But friend ! or could but ...
... youth of fo much integrity and courage ! O that I was but a man , that I might go along with him and make him my * Pieces of filk , & c . are usually given as pre- fents in China . See P. Semedo . friend ! But friend ! or could but ...
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... youth glows with a noble ardour , and is as pure as the clearest crystal . Should I procure my uncle to go and visit him , fomething wrong might happen . He hath refufed the prefent , I offered him by my fer- vant : what if I fend him a ...
... youth glows with a noble ardour , and is as pure as the clearest crystal . Should I procure my uncle to go and visit him , fomething wrong might happen . He hath refufed the prefent , I offered him by my fer- vant : what if I fend him a ...
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... youth rendered it impoffible : and yet she re- flected that there were none befide her- felf interested in his welfare ; and that all he fuffered was for her fake . Strong- ly moved with concern and compaffion , fhe at laft refolved to ...
... youth rendered it impoffible : and yet she re- flected that there were none befide her- felf interested in his welfare ; and that all he fuffered was for her fake . Strong- ly moved with concern and compaffion , fhe at laft refolved to ...
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Or, The Pleasing History Thomas Percy. fenfible and likely youth . " Well then , said she to her fervants , go two of you : one remain with the master , while the other brings the fervant to me . " When he was come , the young lady ...
Or, The Pleasing History Thomas Percy. fenfible and likely youth . " Well then , said she to her fervants , go two of you : one remain with the master , while the other brings the fervant to me . " When he was come , the young lady ...
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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...
Page 52 - If thy brother trefpafs againft thee, rebuke him; " and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trefpafs againft thee feven " times in a day, and feven times in a day turn again to thee, faying, " I repent, thou fhalt forgive him.
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...
Page 192 - ... contrary to all other eaflern nations, who fit crofs-legged on the ground, and either ufe no table but the floor, or at moft have them about a foot high from it. At their entertainments...
Page 85 - ... the degeneracy of the times. " There are only two words in our days by which both the people and the mandarins regulate their conduct, and those are riches and power.
Page 166 - ... of the miserable people. So that it is a common proverb in China that the king unwittingly lets loose so many hangmen, murderers, hungry dogs and wolves to ruin and devour the poor people, when he creates new mandarins to govern them.
Page 6 - Not to commit any impurity. IV. Not to tell a lie. V. Not to drink wine. P. Du Halde, vol. ip 650. 672. and P. Semedo, p. 89. &c. Picart, vol. iv. 228. P. Lc eriter'tamrheht,. arid be glad to converfe with you before you go.
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.