Encyclop¿dia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 4. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 653
... China . China , particularly in that of Layu - tong lying without the great wall . These people having fubdued the country between Korea and Kashgar , became much more troublefome to the Chinese than all the other Tartars . Their empire ...
... China . China , particularly in that of Layu - tong lying without the great wall . These people having fubdued the country between Korea and Kashgar , became much more troublefome to the Chinese than all the other Tartars . Their empire ...
Page 673
... China debtor is then obliged to pay principal and intereft ; but those who obtain payment by using violence and force , are condemned to receive 24 blows . Many Chinese writers have endeavoured unfuccefs- fully to fhow why government ...
... China debtor is then obliged to pay principal and intereft ; but those who obtain payment by using violence and force , are condemned to receive 24 blows . Many Chinese writers have endeavoured unfuccefs- fully to fhow why government ...
Page 685
... China . terous in counterfeiting and adulterating every thing they fell . Sometimes you think you have bought a capon , and you receive nothing but fkin ; all the reft has been fcooped out , and the place fo ingenibufly filled , that ...
... China . terous in counterfeiting and adulterating every thing they fell . Sometimes you think you have bought a capon , and you receive nothing but fkin ; all the reft has been fcooped out , and the place fo ingenibufly filled , that ...
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