The Citizen of the World, Volumes 1-2J. and R. Childs, 1820 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 84
Pagina 11
... the nation is actually poor ; and that , like the Persians , they make a splendid figure every where but at home . The proverb of Xixofou is , that a man's riches may be seen in his eyes ; if CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 11.
... the nation is actually poor ; and that , like the Persians , they make a splendid figure every where but at home . The proverb of Xixofou is , that a man's riches may be seen in his eyes ; if CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 11.
Pagina 12
Oliver Goldsmith. man's riches may be seen in his eyes ; if we judge of the English by this rule , there is not a poorer nation under the sun . I have been here but two days , so will not be hasty in my decisions ; such letters as I ...
Oliver Goldsmith. man's riches may be seen in his eyes ; if we judge of the English by this rule , there is not a poorer nation under the sun . I have been here but two days , so will not be hasty in my decisions ; such letters as I ...
Pagina 15
... eye - brow pluckers , would all want bread , should their neighbours want vanity . These vanities , however , employ much fewer hands in China than in England ; and a fine gentleman , or a fine lady , here dressed up to the fashion ...
... eye - brow pluckers , would all want bread , should their neighbours want vanity . These vanities , however , employ much fewer hands in China than in England ; and a fine gentleman , or a fine lady , here dressed up to the fashion ...
Pagina 17
... eyes for a woman whose feet are ten inches long , I shall never forget the beauties of my native city of Nanfew . How very broad their faces ! how very short their noses ! how very little their eyes ! how very thin their lips ! how very ...
... eyes for a woman whose feet are ten inches long , I shall never forget the beauties of my native city of Nanfew . How very broad their faces ! how very short their noses ! how very little their eyes ! how very thin their lips ! how very ...
Pagina 21
... eyes . This universal passion for politics is gra- tified by daily gazettes , as with us at China . But as in ours the emperor endeavours to in- struct his people , in theirs the people endea- vour to instruct the administration . You ...
... eyes . This universal passion for politics is gra- tified by daily gazettes , as with us at China . But as in ours the emperor endeavours to in- struct his people , in theirs the people endea- vour to instruct the administration . You ...
Inhoudsopgave
259 | |
268 | |
274 | |
286 | |
292 | |
298 | |
309 | |
317 | |
67 | |
76 | |
86 | |
93 | |
111 | |
115 | |
121 | |
131 | |
141 | |
147 | |
156 | |
166 | |
176 | |
183 | |
190 | |
198 | |
206 | |
218 | |
226 | |
233 | |
238 | |
245 | |
252 | |
324 | |
6 | |
14 | |
23 | |
35 | |
46 | |
52 | |
65 | |
81 | |
96 | |
110 | |
127 | |
193 | |
207 | |
221 | |
236 | |
247 | |
263 | |
280 | |
302 | |
315 | |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
absurdity acquaintance Adieu admire appearance auto de fe beauty China Chinese Choang companion continued cried dæmon Daures dear dear Charlotte desire despise dress emperor emperor of China endeavour England English Europe expected eyes face fancy favour flatter fond fortune Fum Hoam genius gentleman give hand Hansi happiness heart history of China honour hundred imagination inhabitants king KINGDOM OF LAO lady laughed learning LETTER Lien Chi Altangi live look luxury mandarine mankind manner ment merit mind Moscow nation nature neighbours never obliged once passion perceive Persian philosopher pity pleased pleasure poet polite possessed praise prince racter rapture received replied republic of letters resolved says scarcely seemed sion slaves Solinus stranger sure surprised Tartars taste taught temple thought thousand tion virtue Westminster Abbey whole wife wisdom write
Populaire passages
Pagina 305 - By this time we were arrived as high as the stairs would permit us to ascend, till we came to what he was facetiously pleased to call the first floor down the chimney; and knocking at the door, a voice from within demanded, who's there?
Pagina 298 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Pagina 306 - But this not satisfying the querist, the voice again repeated the demand ; to which he answered louder than before ; and now the door was opened by an old woman with cautious reluctance.
Pagina 286 - Some. are without the covering even of rags, and others omaciated with disease ; the world has disclaimed them ; society turns its back upon their distress, and has given them up to nakedness and hunger. These poor shivering females have once seen happier days, and been flattered into beauty.
Pagina 294 - I lived an easy kind of a life for five years. I only wrought ten hours in the day, and had my meat and drink provided for my labour.
Pagina 71 - ... prejudicial; and life acquires an imaginary value, in proportion as its real value is no more. Our attachment to every object around us increases, in general, from the length of our acquaintance with it. ' I would not choose ', says a French philosopher, ' to see an old post pulled up with which I had been long acquainted.
Pagina 285 - ... all around ; the dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam, no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten, an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity. There will come a time, when this temporary solitude may be made continual, and the city itself, like its inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert in its room. What cities, as great as this, have once...
Pagina 84 - Such is the contest that no honest man can heartily wish success to either party.
Pagina 298 - French at any time; so we went down to the door where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence nine of us ran together to the quay, and seizing the first boat we met, got out of the harbour and put to sea. We had not been here three days before we were taken up by the Dorset privateer, who were glad of so many good hands; and we consented to run our chance.
Pagina 287 - The poor weep unheeded, persecuted by every subordinate species of tyranny; and every law which gives others security becomes an enemy to them. Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility...