 | 1760 - 230 דפים
...with tea, and prefented us from the Emperor, a fum worth about an hundred piftoles; this prefent might feem but inconfiderable from fo great a Prince ; but...and ordered one of his officers to wait on us to his houfe. CHAP. C HA.?. U •Of tbt Cities, ffau/ei, and thief of China. JDEKIN, which fignifies the north... | |
 | 1760 - 230 דפים
...worth about an hundred piftoles ; this prefent might feem but inconfiderable from fo grear aPrince ; but in China it is a very extraordinary one, where...and ordered one of his officers to wait on us to his houfe. CHAP. II. Gttet, f/ou/et, and chief BuiUings of China. DE KIN, which fignifies the north coart,... | |
 | 1815 - 480 דפים
...worth about a hundred pistoles; this present might seem but inconsiderable from so great a monarch, but in China it is a very extraordinary one, where...and ordered one of his officers to wait on us to his house. CHAP. II. Of the cities, bouses, aud chief buildings of China. PERIN, which signifies the north... | |
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Prince ; but in China it is a very extraordinary one, where it is a maxim with the great, to take as much, and give as little as they can. On the other hand, he loaded us with honour, and ordered one of his officers to wait on us to his houfe. 